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Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by andrew caird

andrew caird — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:03:40 +0000

its started wen i was in florida how is the trail going any more news

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by sunney444

sunney444 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:18:27 +0000

i didn’t fire jack ford. i don’t work there, i just report on stuff.

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by andrew caird

andrew caird — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:51:50 +0000

this woman could not walk out because she thought she had the prefect man until the violence started. when it did it was too late. yes protect yourself with reasonable force, in this case she murdered her husband in self defense

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by mrs. marie perrotta

mrs. marie perrotta — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:12:04 +0000

how come you fired jack ford . i watched the show because of him. he was excellent. please tell us where he is working now.

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by scales

scales — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:12 +0000

Is it a legitimate case for murder when the abuser murders the abused? Or how about just maims,scars or blinds them for life. or the mentally scars abusers children carry for all their lives. The reasoning is, for most, she should have got out. Sometimes that is not an option! If you’ve never been in this situation,it’s hard to understand.But I’ve been there.It took years to get out,stay out,and heal.Been 22 years I’ve gone without a daily beating.And glad of it! Is killing someone who is beating you to death self-defense? Damn Skippy!

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by sunney444

sunney444 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:33 +0000

^agreed. I’m just stimulating conversation when I say this, but is abuse a legitimate defense for murder? Is it considered self-defense? If she continually seeks help for this issue and nothing happens then I guess it sounds ok… What do you think?

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by scales

scales — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:05 +0000

I concur, although I wasn’t privy to the jurors personal lives, I’m sure there wasn’t one abused soul in the lot! At least one of them had a heart instead of a thumping gizzard. An as far as “knowing the family” unless you lived with this family 24/7 you have no clue as to what went on behind closed doors!!! Most abused women hide their abuse, either out of shame,or fear of more! If you haven’t been there,you can never judge!

Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by sunney444

sunney444 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:22:36 +0000

hey! Thanks for the comments! I agree. How can you say ‘peers’ when they clearly aren’t her peers. But could you also say that for any trial really? For example, if I was on trial, would someone who is 20 yrs older than me and had 3 kids be considered my peer? (I don’t have any kids, yet). How does that work? What qualifies people as a peer? We wouldn’t put a dog on a jury so we are all humans, but is that it?

Comment on About Me by scales

scales — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:52:24 +0000

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Comment on Texas vs. Charlene Hill by scales

scales — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:10 +0000

The laws are such that a man may get away with raping and abusing his wife for years,and if charges are pressed ,he does little if any time.yet a woman in fear of her life defends herself,after records clearly indicate years of abuse,and she is tried by a jury “of her peers”,no less,as a money-hungry murderer.#1) unless the jury was selected from abused women.they have no earthly idea what this woman endured,so therefore are not her peers! #2) If they would have divorced,half the money(she helped make) would have been her’s anyway!#3) At least someone on that jury was thinking!