Last month a father in his 50's was shot to death in what is being called a road rage incident. I don't have the details about what happened before but here's the news from the local paper: A man was driving along and another man came up behind him going 60 miles per hour and rammed the back of the first man's car. Witnesses say that the 70 something man who rammed the other vehicle got out of his vehicle with a gun by his side and walked up to the vehicle he'd rammed. The driver rolled down the window and they had a very brief conversation before the other man raised his gun and shot the driver in the head twice killing him at the scene. When the police arrived, the man with the gun was standing in the crowd of onlookers and was identified to the police by one of the witnesses. The man who was killed had a wife and three daughters waiting for him at home - he'd gone out to pick up dinner from a local restaurant.
The driver who shot him was involved in a similar incident in California 20 or 30 years ago leaving a man he shot paralyzed. The jury had to find him not guilty per jury instructions but a number of those jurors said it did not sit right with them.
What is disturbing to me (beyond this incident) is the fact that the driver who shot the other driver has only been charged with 2nd degree murder and he is out on bail. Do I feel safe? NO!
Would I be able to be impartial if asked to serve on that jury? NO! If he is convicted, he could be sent to jail for twenty+ years which, at his age, is basically a life sentence.
Thanks for letting me rant! pazt
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