Amber Guyger Trial Starts...

[bigb]

Wait...what? I had to have missed something.

He said the victim’s mistake was not locking his door, which led to long discussion about victim blaming. Someone brought up the car scenario and I jokingly took it one level further.


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[candrew]

She got 10 years???

She'll probably be out in 4

Ugh...not cool.

 

[JazzGal]

She got 10 years???

She'll probably be out in 4

Ugh...not cool.

Seems rather lenient to me. Apparently the guy's life isn't worth much to the court. You can get that much for drug possession. Still, I'm glad a cop was held responsible.

 

[LogGrad98]

Absolute travesty. Complete ********. She needed a minimum of 20. I hoped for 40+.

 

[slc]

Did the jury or judge decide the sentence?
Thought it was the jury who could have made it twenty if they wanted
Jury was supposed to be a fair mix of people
They were unanimous

 

[The Midnight]

Did the jury or judge decide the sentence?
Thought it was the jury who could have made it twenty if they wanted
Jury was supposed to be a fair mix of people
They were unanimous

Jury.

 

[The Midnight]

I thought the verdict was going to be manslaughter and I was surprised 12 people were convinced it was murder.. however the sentence was in line with more of a manslaughter type sentence.

 

[Gameface]

Yeah, that's not much of a sentence for murder.

I made a few comments before the guilty verdict assuming that she had a fantasy about using her gun. Her texts and social media content seems to back that up. It is something I have heard in person from people probably a dozen times and have read online several dozen times. There are people that "brag" that if someone entered their home they would not leave alive. That's not self defense, that's a murder fantasy (or maybe a murder fetish?).

People, wake the **** up! The second amendment and "stand your ground" or "castle doctrine" is not permission to kill people who do not pose a legitimate threat to you or your family. If you WANT to shoot a person, like you get a little excited when you hear a bump in the night because you think this might be your big chance to be a hero and kill a "thug" then you have a ****ing problem and you are one of the people who should not own a gun.

 

[The Midnight]

Her mother testified during the sentencing phase that when Amber was 5 years old she was sexually molested by the mother's boyfriend at the time (who was then convicted of the crime).

Might have swayed the Jury to give a lighter sentence? Dunno.

 

[LogGrad98]

Her mother testified during the sentencing phase that when Amber was 5 years old she was sexually molested by the mother's boyfriend at the time (who was then convicted of the crime).

Might have swayed the Jury to give a lighter sentence? Dunno.

Recent statistics show they basically 1 in every 3 women have been molested. But 1 in every 3 women don't go into someone else's house and kill them. You're probably right but it's a **** reason.

 

[candrew]

This kid is just on a higher level than most.

 

[LogGrad98]

This kid is just on a higher level than most.

Wow that was heart-wrenching. He's a better man than I am. I would be begging for a longer sentence and telling her to go to hell.