It is obvious, many of you don't have experience with the type of people you take up for. These are the people who will do anything to get a dollar.
You are citing facts not in evidence.
They care nothing about whether you live or die; only what they can take from you. They often kill each other. This girl was not what we would even classify as an escort on this site. If you are streetwise, you will stay far, far away from them. They will deceive you, extort from you, break into your home, steal your wallet (and not care that you have to replace your drivers license and cancel credit cards). They care not what damage they do to you, your house, or your car. I am tired of this pity party for a thug. What I am sorry about is how she chose to live her life.
Again, facts not in evidence. Yes, sorry how she lived her life, but in this case, as has been stated several times, she did what she was legally allowed to do (though short 10 minutes) and was (accidentally) shot for not doing illegal acts she was expected to do.
Take the case of Casey Jo Pipestem from Oklahoma. ... Her murderer is in prison, unless some idiot judge has granted parole.
Originally Posted by tuckahoe
Judges don't "grant parole". The parole board does in accordance with the laws of the state. In point of fact, murderers have one of the lowest recidivism rates for violent crime (~1.2% in 3 years -
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=17) because most murders are crimes of passion or the moment and murderers don't very often find themselves in similar situations a second time or they actually determine not to commit that crime again and avoid putting themselves in that situation. In other words they are more often rehabilitated. That is why for all but 1st degree murder it doesn't make sense to lock them up and throw away the key. Those that do commit a second murder are very likely to commit more though and they should just be put away without parole IMHO.
I understand where you are coming from, but it doesn't matter what the customer may want or what the status quo is; what matters is what the law is.
In Texas, if you are an escort and you specifically sell any sex act, you will get arrested.
This verdict says, in Texas, if you are an escort and you do not sell any sex acts, take the money and you leave -- the very thing you are legally permitted to do, the customer may legally shoot and kill you.
So, Texas is sending the message to escorts -- have sex with customers and go to jail or don't and we can legally kill you.
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
Not Texas, a jury in one very small part of Texas. A jury verdict is not "precedent", an judge's appeal decision is.
No it means if your going to do stupid shit at night like cash and dash you can get killed don't do stupid shit!!!
You are citing facts not in evidence. So doing what you are legally allowed to do (provide time and then take the money) is "stupid shit" and NOT providing illegal services is what she should have done? He followed her outside, shot at her car, not her, and the bullet hit her. From my point of view you are quite logically challenged.
not the first time she's done it, but it was her last.
You are citing facts not in evidence.
I am quite sure anyone thinking about doing the same, will think long and hard about the consequences.
Originally Posted by dreamvacationdates
I'm sure they won't. If the death penalty doesn't make murderers think long and hard about murdering someone (1st degree murderers expect to get away with it, and 2nd degree and manslaughter murderers do it in the heat of passion or spur of the moment so by definition they don't "think long and hard" about much of anything until possibly long after the act.
This is just one bad trial and possibly a messed up judge, prosecutor and police department. There was one in Round Rock that incorrectly convicted an innocent Michael Morton of killing his wife and sent him to prison for 25 years and then fought tooth and nail to keep from discovering the truth for most of that 25 years. There is a "hang 'em high" mentality here in parts of Texas (and many places around the country) that doesn't seem to care if guilty people go free and "a few" innocents rot in jail or get executed as long as someone is caught quick and punished severely. There are police and prosecutors all around the country (though hopefully not a high percentage) that actually believe that the world would be a better place if they were judge, jury and executioner along with investigator and sometimes they act on this impulse. That is what I am sorry about.