Texas Says It's OK to Shoot an Escort If She Won't Have Sex With You

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http://gawker.com/texas-says-its-ok-...have-511636423

A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort?agreeing that because he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he'd paid to Lenora Ivie Frago, who wouldn't have sex with him, his actions were justified.

Gilbert had admitted to shooting Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve 2009, when she accepted $150 from Gilbert and left his home without having sex with him. Frago, who was paralyzed by the shooting, died several months later.

Gilbert's defense argued that the shooting wasn't meant to kill, and that Gilbert's actions were justified, because he believed that sex was included as part of the fee. Texas law allows people "to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft."

The 30-year-old hugged his defense attorneys after the "not guilty" verdict was read by the judge. If convicted, he could have faced life in prison. He thanked God, his lawyers, and the jury for being able to "see what wasn't the truth."
 
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Dare I point out (seeming) ethnicity of the escort in question? Is it relevant or should I go visit the racist thread in screenshots...?

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Edit: To clarify, I meant the relevance of the escort's ethnicity to the jurors one might find in Texas.
 
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As someone who is currently living in San Antonio, when I read about this yesterday, I flipped shit. This is a HUGELY unacceptable ruling and shows that the court system here in Texas is utterly inept at meting out proper justice. I have lost faith in a system that I was barely able to hold onto in the first place. Not only does it feel that this stems from a clearly racist attitude, it also stinks with traditional Texas misogyny.
 
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Escort services typically a loophole for prostitution because the sex ISN'T guaranteed? I mean it's implied, but I always understood that is why they could operate legally in states where prostitution is illegal.
 
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My question is, was there anything the judge could have done? After reading the obviously unjust ruling by the jury, was the judge at all legally able to force the jury back to deliberation and call for the defense used to be a misrepresentation of the law, as it OBVIOUSLY does NOT apply to this situation in the least? Or, is the precedence for legal murder now been set, so we can expect to see a rise in killings using this trial to defend their actions? I'm terrified by the implications of this ruling.
 
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Vatoreus Malfost_sl said:
My question is, was there anything the judge could have done? After reading the obviously unjust ruling by the jury, was the judge at all legally able to force the jury back to deliberation and call for the defense used to be a misrepresentation of the law, as it OBVIOUSLY does NOT apply to this situation in the least? Or, is the precedence for legal murder now been set, so we can expect to see a rise in killings using this trial to defend their actions? I'm terrified by the implications of this ruling.
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what an exaggeration.
 
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what an exaggeration.
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How so? He shot and killed a woman for not performing a criminal act, which he did not pay for. This implies that if you give someone money, with the intention of getting them to carry out an illegal act, and they do not follow through with it and don't return the money they earned through legitimate means, you can shoot to kill to retrieve the money. How is this not legal murder? Where was her legal obligation to fulfill his request for criminal behavior?
 
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Vatoreus Malfost_sl said:
How so? He shot and killed a woman for not performing a criminal act, which he did not pay for. This implies that if you give someone money, with the intention of getting them to carry out an illegal act, and they do not follow through with it and don't return the money they earned through legitimate means, you can shoot to kill to retrieve the money. How is this not legal murder? Where was her legal obligation to fulfill his request for criminal behavior?
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Do you think that if I committed the same crime, right now, in Texas, I can get away with it? Is this court's ruling any more important than the ruling made by the higher court?
 
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bitch is a scamming whore. hardly a face of any "right" movement. nobody gives a shit, like the juries in this court decision.
 
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I'll say what I said in the other thread: Juries make stupid decisions all the time, I blame the judge for not making it clear that there is no legal expectation that a person paid money to commit an illegal act will be expected to carry through said act (since it is illegal and one cannot set up a legal purchase contract for illegal goods or services) and therefore the money should have been viewed as a gift (read: A fool and his money are soon parted), thus completely eradicating every possible argument that this woman "stole" from the man.

But, you know, OJ got off too, so its not like this type of shit is endemic to Texas alone. Juries are filled with the people too stupid to avoid jury duty. Simple as that.
 
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Guys, she won't have sex with you if you defend her. She's dead.

Now what kind of escort costs $150? Those are some bottom of the barrel prices.
 
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