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andel
03/23/23 12:07:43 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9

i posted this on 261 but may as well post it here too.

basically gary plauchet was a father of 4 in baton rogue louisiana in 1984 and one of his sons, jody plauche, was kidnapped and groomed and repeatedly sexually assaulted by his karate instructor. after 10 days of captivity the fbi found the kidnapper and victim in california and flew the victim back to his family. jody initially denied he had been sexually assaulted but a rape kit was done when he was rescued and the results came back about a week after he was returned to his parents. after finding out his son had been sexually assaulted, gary found out from a news employee the time doucet would be flown back into town in custody and went to the airport and was talking on a pay phone when the police were perp walking doucet by him. he fired a single shot into doucet's head which eventually killed him the next day. the shooting was caught live on the news and has been viewed tens of millions of times.

gary was initially charged with second degree murder but that was eventually pled down to manslaughter and he received a 7 year suspended sentence and 5 years probation along with 300 hours of community service. he never served any prison time. the case was controversial at the time and remains so to this day. police and the judge later expressed that a conviction would have been highly unlikely and mental health experts testified gary had a mental break when he found out his son had been sexually abused. the trial/sentencing judge expressed that gary was not a threat to the public and gary lived out the rest of his life in baton rogue as a model citizen. jody became a victim abuse advocate and author and is successful and providing a positive impact for victims and professionals to this day.


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Platypunk
03/23/23 12:14:01 AM
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If I was on the jury, I'd acquit or cause a hung jury if a unanimous verdict was required for guilt.
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Platypunk
03/23/23 12:19:20 AM
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Also, in case you hadn't already heard about her, Marianne Bachmeier did a similar thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Bachmeier
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andel
03/23/23 12:20:33 AM
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Platypunk posted...
If I was on the jury, I'd acquit or cause a hung jury if a unanimous verdict was required for guilt.

yeah, basically the only time i feel like jury nullification is appropriate is in this kind of scenario.

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agreed and they were proven right when he (somewhat obviously) didn't go on to commit other violent crimes.

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andel
03/23/23 12:25:41 AM
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Platypunk posted...
Also, in case you hadn't already heard about her, Marianne Bachmeier did a similar thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Bachmeier

idk how i had never heard of that but from the wiki it is even more fucked up than this case. it's fucked up that the public turned on her because her father was a scumbag nazi, that doesn't make her one or make her grief or trauma any less real.

i am assuming west germany in the early 80's didn't have jury trials although idk that but the wiki makes it sound like the court just decided her punishment.

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KainWind
03/23/23 12:26:46 AM
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Don't murder people

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andel
03/23/23 12:28:43 AM
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KainWind posted...
Don't murder people

murder and manslaughter are two different acts by definition. murder is a very specific thing and if a person has certain mental deficiencies or a psychotic break they can't be murderers

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KainWind
03/23/23 12:32:55 AM
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Don't kill people

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andel
03/23/23 12:34:35 AM
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KainWind posted...
Don't kill people

generally agree in like 99.9% of situations. even this kind of situation should be illegal because vigilantism isn't good but in practice if it happens it's hard not to sympathize with the person.

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manhookcardoor
03/23/23 12:35:42 AM
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Don't mean mug people.

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andel
03/23/23 12:50:36 AM
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manhookcardoor posted...
Don't mean mug people.

imagine all the memes we would have missed along the way if people adhered to that principle

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andel
03/23/23 2:24:07 PM
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bump

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