Comments on: State Appeals Court Denies ‘Stand Your Ground’ Murder Defense For Molino Mom

By: chris

chris — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 12:07:20 +0000

@Sharon: I read what you wrote. “God bless the whole situation.” Read Proverbs 12:1.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 04:42:03 +0000

ANSWERING:
“In response to David Huie Green: who is to say that the first shot was in the back?”

Certainly not I.

Nor do I venture a guess as to which was the first shot, or the second or the third or how many more were fired but missed — if any..
As put forward, though, Stand Your Ground should not apply.
As the Florida First District Court of Appeals said, self defense might apply, just not SYG.

There is a fair chance a jury will give her the benefit of the doubt and release her.

Lots of people remember abusive relationships they had and decide this one had to be exactly like theirs, sight unseen, evidence ungiven. Sometimes people who were there at the time certain things happened remember them differently from how the parties involved remember them. not the things which happen behind closed doors, things in front of witnesses. Physical evidence also frequently indicates the truth is other than what we IMAGINED happened or even what the witnesses thought they saw.

That’s why we have juries.

David for justice

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 04:24:46 +0000

Just sayin..if you read it correctly, it says God bless his family and hers…meaning her family.

By: melodies4us

melodies4us — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 02:29:46 +0000

In response to David Hule Green: who is to say that the first shot was in the back? She probably shot the head first and then out of adrenaline rushing fear put 2 more in his back. I was in an abusive relationship. I wish I would have had the guts to end it the way that this Molino mom did.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:52:36 +0000

@ Sharon: Personally I highly doubt God will bless her shooting a man in the back. Twice. And then once in the head. Just saying.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 23:25:18 +0000

Unless you have been in an abusive relationship with someone you are truly scared to death of, you don’t know what you would do in her situation. I was in a relationship with a drunk who kept me locked in the house for almost two weeks. Every time I tried to sneak out, he beat me more. I was so beat down that I was scared to death of him. I had broke ribs, cigarette burns, black eyes, and bruises. I didn’t have a gun but I was so broken that I considered bashing his head in with a hammer. The only way I got out of there is because a neighbor broke in the door when he heard me screaming and knew he hadn’t seen me in a few days. He called the police, thank god. If I’d had a gun, I would have shot him and kept on shooting no matter where I hit him. It’s easy to pass judgement on her and I’m sure people will have negative things to say about me…you just don’t know what you would do until you have lived it. Her children’s words should carry a lot of weight because they lived it too. Personally, I hope they can give her house arrest or something because I don’t believe she is a threat to society. She has to live with the fact that she killed her children’s father and that can’t be easy. I’m sure she loved the man as well. God bless the whole situation…his family and hers.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 23:14:32 +0000

Sometimes when our “best trained police” shoot people in the back, it is because they are murdering them. That is why they usually don’t.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:04:15 +0000

Our best trained police officers shoot people in the back all the time. Its not uncommon for trained officers to be in shootouts only ten feet away, completely empty a 15 round magazine and never hit their target. Fear…Adrenaline…a closed in space.. closing her eyes…the husband turning…hitting a moving human being is hard to do with a handgun. Unless she was very well trained. How many bullets missed?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:35:35 +0000

REGARDING:
“Just when you have been given a tool to protect yourself and your kids you get arrested if you use it.”

Stand Your Ground isn’t usually considered a tool for allowing you to shoot people repeatedly from behind.

That would be Bushwacking Backing, a law not yet enacted for some reason.

David for better grounds

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 16:53:22 +0000

I would think shooting him once would give her time to get out of the house and/or call for help. Shooting him 3 times just shows anger. She wanted him dead that’s for sure. If she gets away with it. Doesn’t that pen the door for any woman who is angry at her man. Just get a gun a shoot him in the back or head and say ” oh I was scared he was gone shoot me 1st”