Jury Acquits Texas Man For Murder Of Escort Who Refused Sex

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A Texas jury acquitted a man (http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Jury-acquits-escort-shooter-4581027.php) for the murder of a woman he hired as an escort, after his lawyers claimed he was authorized to use deadly force because she refused sex.


Ezekiel Gilbert shot Lenora Ivie Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve, after she denied his requests for sex and wouldn’t return the $150 he had paid her, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Under Texas law, an individual is authorized to use deadly force (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/SOTWDocs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm) to “retrieve stolen property at night,” and Gilbert’s lawyers cited that provision as justification for Gilbert’s action, reasoning that Frago had stolen $150 from him by taking his money without delivering sex. In a police interview played for jurors, Gilbert “never mentioned anything about theft,” a detective told the San Antonio Express-News. Frago, who was 21, was critically injured and died several months later.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/06/2117161/jury-acquits-texas-man-for-murder-of-escort-who-refused-sex/

That's how Texians enforce verbal contracts :lol

"was critically injured and died several months later." gun violence where insurance or taxpayers shelled several $100K over a $150 "stolen property".

[FromWayDowntown]

Some lives are just more valuable than others.

[Wild Cobra]

That's what thieves deserve.

[Blake]

Prosecutors argued that the act of solicitation undercut the defense’s claim, telling jurors that the Texas statute was intended for “law-abiding citizens,” not for those trying to force others into prostitution.

http://www.ibtimes.com/texas-man-ezekiel-gilbert-acquitted-killing-craigslist-escort-lenora-ivie-frago-1295593


Yeah, horrible ruling and horrible law.

If prostitution is illegal, then there is no such thing as paying for service. He willfully gave her the $150.

No theft occurred in this instance.

[Trainwreck2100]

Yeah, horrible ruling and horrible law.

If prostitution is illegal, then there is no such thing as paying for service. He willfully gave her the $150.

No theft occurred in this instance.

If the guy left the money on a table or something and she grabbed it and left his house that's stealing. She tried to act a fool and got got. Nothing wrong with hooking, lot's wrong with stealing

[LnGrrrR]

I can't believe that's a fucking law.

[George Gervin's Afro]

I can't believe that's a fucking law.




Texas Dead Last In U.S. For Voter Turnout, Near Bottom For Most Civic Duties

By Courtney Collins


Texans struggle with things like contacting their congressman and discussing politics, according to new research.Compared to the rest of the country, Texans aren’t very civic-minded. And when it comes to participating in elections, the Lone Star State is dead last.

A new University of Texas study ranks Texas 51st out of all the states and Washington, D.C., for voter turnout. Voter registration is slightly better, Texas gets the 42nd spot.

One bright spot; Texas is 16th in the nation for exchanging favors with neighbors. But while Texans don’t mind picking up mail for neighbors on vacation, we’re still a little wary of them. According to the study, only 50 percent of Texans trust most people they live near.

The study was conducted by the University of Texas at Austin's Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life. You can read the report here. And institute director Regina Lawrence writes for the Texas Tribune about why she thinks Texas ranks so low: demographics, noncompetitive elections and voters who feel uninformed. As she concludes: "Disengagement can be expensive."


http://keranews.org/post/texas-dead-last-us-voter-turnout-near-bottom-most-civic-duties

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No, Texas Law Does Not Say You Can Shoot an Escort Who Refuses to Have Sex


A misreading of the verdict in a strange and upsetting Texas case has gone viral, since Gawker claimed: “Texas Says It’s OK to Shoot an Escort If She Won’t Have Sex With You (http://gawker.com/texas-says-its-ok-to-shoot-an-escort-if-she-wont-have-511636423).” Texas law does not say that, and the jury didn’t say that either. Pushing the idea that an “Insane Texas Law Made it Legal for a Man to Kill a Prostitute (http://jezebel.com/how-an-insane-texas-law-made-it-legal-for-a-man-to-kill-511717880)” is irresponsible; it misinforms the public and sends a terrible message to violent misogynists

The much more plausible reason for the verdict is that the jury believed the defendant’s claim that he didn’t intend to shoot the victim. Per Texas’ homicide statute (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm), the prosecution needed to prove that Gilbert “intentionally or knowingly” killed Frago or intended to cause her “serious bodily injury.” The defense argued that Gilbert lacked the requisite intent for murder because when he shot at the car as Frago and the owner of the escort service drove away (http://www.ksat.com/news/pimp-testifies-in-trial-of-accused-callgirl-killer/-/478452/20196452/-/11eu0qf/-/index.html), he was aiming for the tire. The bullet hit the tire and a fragment (http://www.foxsanantonio.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/vid_15840.shtml), “literally the size of your fingernail,” according to Defense Attorney Bobby Barrera, hit Frago. Barrera does not believe the jury acquitted because of the defense of property law. He believes they acquitted because they believed Gilbert didn’t mean to shoot her.

http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/06/08/no-texas-law-does-not-say-you-can-shoot-an-escort-who-refuses-to-have-sex/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rhrealitycheck+%28RH+Reality+ Check%29

So the prosecution charging murder fucked up. gun fellator skates free.

[Blake]

The defense used both reasons as a defense, but yeah, it looks like the jury acquitted because the prosecution failed to prove the intent was murder.

If the prosecution had gone for manslaughter, i think it would have been a slam dunk.