Keep and Bear Arms
Home Members Login/Join About Us News/Editorials Archives Take Action Your Voice Web Services Free Email
You are 1 of 1985 active visitors Thursday, March 28, 2024
EMAIL NEWS
Main Email List:
Subscribe
Unsubscribe

State Email Lists:
Click Here
SUPPORT KABA
» Join/Renew Online
» Join/Renew by Mail
» Make a Donation
» Magazine Subscriptions
» KABA Memorial Fund
» Advertise Here
» Use KABA Free Email

» JOIN/Renew NOW! «
 
SUPPORT OUR SUPPORTERS

 

YOUR VOTE COUNTS

Keep and Bear Arms - Vote In Our Polls
Do you oppose Biden's anti-gun executive orders?
Yes
No
Undecided

Current results
Earlier poll results
4725 people voted

 

SPONSORED LINKS

 
» U.S. Gun Laws
» AmeriPAC
» NoInternetTax
» Gun Show On The Net
» 2nd Amendment Show
» SEMPER FIrearms
» Colt Collectors Assoc.
» Personal Defense Solutions

 

 


Keep and Bear Arms

NOTE! This is a real-time comments system. As such, it's also a free speech zone within guidelines set forth on the Post Comments page. Opinions expressed here may or may not reflect those of KeepAndBearArms staff, members, or any other living person besides the one who posted them. Please keep that in mind. We ask that all who post comments assure that they adhere to our Inclusion Policy, but there's a bad apple in every bunch, and we have no control over bigots and other small-minded people.  Thank you. --KeepAndBearArms.com

The Below Comments Relate to this Newslink:

IN: Carlson murder trial jury tells judge it can't reach unanimous verdict
Submitted by: Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com

There are 5 comments on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments

 
Carlson, 46, and his lawyers say he acted in self-defense when he shot Acosta-Sanchez, 35, of Ramapo outside the home of one of Carlson's neighbors in Sparrowbush. Carlson's defense team is led by lawyers Benjamin Ostrer and Michael Mazzariello.

Acosta-Sanchez was wanted on a second-degree rape warrant and had eluded a police manhunt the day before the Oct. 11, 2013 shooting.

Prosecutors from the Westchester County District Attorney's Office say Carlson is a vigilante who took matters into his own hands, and got in over his head.
 

Comment by: mickey (11/5/2016)
Sounds like at least one juror believes in dead rapists.
 

Comment by: jac (11/5/2016)
It's called jury nullification. Just don't mention that you even know the term. Judges in most states won't even allow talk about the concept but it is legal and part of established law.

They should give the defendant a medal instead of trying him for homicide. Sounds like he rid society of a PO S that didn't deserve the oxygen he was using.

Another concern of mine is that they charged him with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter. They do this so that it allows the majority of a jury to bully any holdouts into a compromise verdict. The prosecution should have to choose the charge they want to use and not offer the jury a choice. (Con't)
 

Comment by: jac (11/5/2016)
It takes a strong individual to stick to his convictions when he is the lone holdout and subject to coercion by the other twelve. That is why hung juries are few and far between.
 

Comment by: mickey (11/6/2016)
Seems hard to convict:
"Ferrara said he peeked out a front window just as Carlson fired a second shot with his arms raised in classic shooting position, aiming - it seemed - for the center of mass. Acosta-Sanchez was reaching his right arm toward Carlson, so that his hand was maybe a foot from the gun barrel, Ferrara said.

"David was, in my opinion, off balance, backwards, backpedaling," Ferrara testified. "And Acosta-Sanchez - I can't say he was lunging or anything, but appeared to me to be in a position you would be in if you were reaching or lunging."

Acosta-Sanchez fell instantly, he said. "It wasn't a theatrical fall. It was a collapse."
 

Comment by: mickey (11/6/2016)
They charged him because he made the police look bad?

"One of Mr. Carlson’s lawyers, David Wallace, suggested on Friday that some sloppy police work may have contributed to Mr. Acosta-Sanchez’s death.

After learning of the warrant, Mr. Carlson called the Deerpark police, Mr. Wallace said, and set up a ruse. Mr. Carlson would take Mr. Acosta-Sanchez for a drive and the police would pull the car over for speeding.

The ruse worked, and Mr. Acosta-Sanchez was placed in a police car. But then, Mr. Wallace said, Mr. Acosta-Sanchez told officers that he needed his identification. They drove him to the cabin, he went inside and then he slipped away into the woods."
 

 QUOTES TO REMEMBER
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms....The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. — Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. Taken from Jefferson, On Democracy p. 20, S. Padover ed., 1939

COPYRIGHT POLICY: The posting of copyrighted articles and other content, in whole or in part, is not allowed here. We have made an effort to educate our users about this policy and we are extremely serious about this. Users who are caught violating this rule will be warned and/or banned.
If you are the owner of content that you believe has been posted on this site without your permission, please contact our webmaster by following this link. Please include with your message: (1) the particulars of the infringement, including a description of the content, (2) a link to that content here and (3) information concerning where the content in question was originally posted/published. We will address your complaint as quickly as possible. Thank you.

 
NOTICE:  The information contained in this site is not to be considered as legal advice. In no way are Keep And Bear Arms .com or any of its agents responsible for the actions of our members or site visitors. Also, because this web site is a Free Speech Zone, opinions, ideas, beliefs, suggestions, practices and concepts throughout this site may or may not represent those of Keep And Bear Arms .com. All rights reserved. Articles that are original to this site may be redistributed provided they are left intact and a link to http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com is given. Click here for Contact Information for representatives of KeepAndBearArms.com.

Thawte.com is the leading provider of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificate solutions used by enterprises, Web sites, and consumers to conduct secure communications and transactions over the Internet and private networks.

KeepAndBearArms.com, Inc. © 1999-2024, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy