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originally posted by: olaru12
Byron Smith may go to jail but his family will have to live with his actions for the rest of their lives as well.
They will never know a moments peace because of his unthinking rage.
originally posted by: SearchLightsInc
He didnt go out intentionally to kill someone.
originally posted by: SearchLightsInc
I hardly believe this is "Justice"
The man was put into a situation multiple times and on the one occasion he made a poor decision that he will now live with for the rest of his life. You're now paying to keep this man locked up, why? He didnt go out intentionally to kill someone. They broke into his home. Multiple times.
The aftermath certainly didn't do him any favors but who can honestly raise their hand here and tell me they feel safer because he's locked up?
originally posted by: TKDRL
a reply to: SearchLightsInc
I am sure all the burglars in the area let out a sigh of relief.
originally posted by: SaneThinking
a reply to: Kryties
Sorry still laughing hard inside actually really hard belly laughs at "Lure" them just can't get over "lure" them like "come please rob my home again, I welcome you because I wanna kill you" See I think your stumbling block and its ok your from WAY down south, is you somehow after reading all your posts feel that these "poor innocent teens" didn't have a choice they were lured by the fact a house was empty.
originally posted by: SaneThinking
You see yes he killed those "P.O.S" did he go too far, maybe in somes eyes,
originally posted by: SaneThinking
Just wondering how although Bryons now in the wrong
it seems you have left no responsibility on the actual initial criminals, or was there no pre-curser to the ending??? Lured!!! Funny guy not leaving my house today all lights on so as not to welcome criminals my way LoL
originally posted by: TKDRL
a reply to: SearchLightsInc
I am sure all the burglars in the area let out a sigh of relief.
originally posted by: Kryties
Yes he did. He moved the car and turned off the lights to make it appear he wasn't home, then sat in a chair hidden from full view of the stairs with guns and supplies and waited for whoever came in to appear on the stairs.
If he wasn't out to intentionally kill someone then why did he? After he had already incapacitated the teens he should have realised they were unarmed and not "finished them off" if he had no intention of killing anyone.
He started the day with the intention of depriving someone of their life as an act of revenge and vigilantism. He got a life sentence for this, which is exactly what he deserves.
originally posted by: LadyJae
originally posted by: SearchLightsInc
I hardly believe this is "Justice"
The man was put into a situation multiple times and on the one occasion he made a poor decision that he will now live with for the rest of his life. You're now paying to keep this man locked up, why? He didnt go out intentionally to kill someone. They broke into his home. Multiple times.
The aftermath certainly didn't do him any favors but who can honestly raise their hand here and tell me they feel safer because he's locked up?
If you haven't already listened to the tape, it may change your mind on the outcome. At first, I was of the opinion that Mr. Smith went to extremes because he "snapped", but that recording changed my mind.
I didn't hear the quavering voice of a scared old man; I heard a man calmly rehearsing what he would say (before the first shot is ever fired). That same voice was calm and cold as he spoke to the burglars. After the shootings, he calmly began his rehearsal again.
I fully support Mr. Smith's right to defend himself. I find no fault with setting up security cameras around one's home. I'll even go so far as to say that audio/video recordings can be a help when one must use lethal force. But Mr. Smith executed those two, he didn't just defend himself. There was a point where the danger to his person was neutralized, but he either did not or could not recognize that.
There was no media circus surrounding this, the jury was of his peers, all evidence was forthcoming, and the trial appears to have been fair.
Perhaps Justice would have been better served had Mr. Smith been remanded to an institution for the criminally insane for the remainder of his life.
Jas
originally posted by: SearchLightsInc
I have not heard the tapes and i could not comment.
I dont want to live in a society where people have a licence to kill