Will the Texas Supreme Court be asked to rule on whether this is an affirmation of the "bastard needed killing" principle of Lone Star jurisprudence?

Makes sense to me. Her contrivance, her misrepresentation of the scene evoked a normal response from a protective husband. And this misrepresentation resulted in the death of a man, based on her false representations.

I wonder if her husband has, or will, divorce her.

The story she told the police when they first arrived, would be interesting. Did she describe herself as a rescued rape victim, or as an infidelitous wife, whose lover had been offed?

The wife was rightfully convicted of manslaughter, but the husband should have had murder charges brought against him.

About damn time! Usually women who false accuse men of rape are not punished. Whatever happened to the whore who accused the Duke LaCrosse Team? Not a damn thing!

Good for Texas, they don't put up with nonsense down there.

"the husband should have had murder charges brought against him."

Why ?...he though the man had raped his wife.

the husband should have had murder charges brought against him. -- Goat

Why ?...he though the man had raped his wife. -- Kerrin

It's that "rule of law" thing, Kerrin. If you believe someone has committed a crime, you're supposed to call the police and let the justice system handle it.

And besides, it had to be his fault she was cheating, right?

Hey, it was Texas. It might have been a community where Da Law sez you MUST carry a gun. In a civilized state (non -NRA) the hubby might have hit the villain with a rock. herm

In late 2006, Darrell Roberson came home from a late-night card game to find his scantily clad wife with another man in a pickup truck in the driveway.

LOL nothing like dressing for a rape. A shame Darrell isn't as sharp with his wits as he is with his gun.

My bet Darrell originally from SouthEast Texas.

And besides, it had to be his fault she was cheating, right?

Please, please, please, tell me you are being sarcastic here. Thank you.

please, tell me you are being sarcastic here. -- Member

Waiting for the press to get Dr. Laura's take. She seems to have a lot of followers on the DR.

scantily clad wife

That could be a short skirt and a halter top. But it's late at night, he doesn't see what she is wearing, just believes that his wife has been forced into a vehicle and raped.

Dar'll (in the local vernacular) can't read the license plate, may not be able to discern the make and model of the vehicle and surely not the color.

But he does know how to shoot.

Don't be raping Dar'll's wife. And screwing her ain't worth the trouble.

If he's smart he'll file the divorce papers when she's locked up in prison and can't respond. Default judgment and it's all his.

Most women get off easy. I hope she gets all 20.

"Most women get off easy."

Posted by OzarkAggie


The voice of experience?


A number of years ago (In my adult lifetime) a burglar was spotted by a neighbor who proceeded to drill the guy with a rifle as he was driving away.

Grand jury: No bill.

(And nice grouping of the shots.)

Most women get off easy. I hope she gets all 20.

Posted by OzarkAggie


I just hope she is not too pretty to go to jail, we wouldn't want that.

I may have misunderstood this sentence --

...her husband fired four shots into the truck as Devin LaSalle drove off, killing him.

"A number of years ago (In my adult lifetime) a burglar was spotted by a neighbor who proceeded to drill the guy with a rifle as he was driving away."

That's nice shooting but there is a big difference here. There was no crime committed by the man who was killed. I know the husband didn't know that but ignorance is not a valid defense.

I know they've already dropped the murder charges against him but I do think the husband should face charges for his irresponsible action. I also hope he gets a suspended sentence if convicted.

I wonder how the law would have worked if they were living together but not married.

Gay marriage activists should take note of this. Protection under the law from shooting your spouces lover after rape is yelled is being denied to those who cannot marry.

I'm curious about what evidence they had that she cried rape. If the wife said she didn't yell rape, but the husband said she did, we may have a problem with justice. I could see a husband shooting a wifes lover, and then later claiming that the wife said he was raping her. If that was the case in this story, the guy got a twofer. He killed the lover, and then sent the wife to prison.

Texas justice is a bit hard to explain. Like the old SC judge once said, "I know it when I see it."

I'm curious about what evidence they had that she cried rape. If the wife said she didn't yell rape, but the husband said she did, we may have a problem with justice. I could see a husband shooting a wifes lover, and then later claiming that the wife said he was raping her. If that was the case in this story, the guy got a twofer. He killed the lover, and then sent the wife to prison.
~JASPER


We need a Wild Speculation Flag

And it happened in Texas, ahhhhhh . . . .

One in the ground, the other in a cage, now if only the husband commits suicide. That's 3 less Texans for the rest of the world to have to put up with, folks.

Are women Finally beginning to be held accountable?

Now we have to work on women child-fuckers getting 20+ years per incident.

Another Texas whore story. Ho-hum.

Jesus, no wonder she was cheating. That big ape is uglier than a bouquet of elbows.....

Judges are no longer allowed to tell juries - in some states - that rape is easy to charge and hard to prove. I kinda assume that the Texas mystique demands shooting fust and demanding proof later. herm

I kinda assume that the Texas mystique...

You'd never understand the "Texas mystique", herm. You're not worthy. *grin*

"You'd never understand the Texas mystique, herm. You're not worthy. *grin*

Waal, ah kinda assume that becoming worthy involves screwing a heifer. Or a steer, if that be yore preference. herm

Waal, ah kinda assume that becoming worthy involves screwing a heifer

What I in my 2:52 about your first assumption still applies, obviously.

You sort of remind me of a bunch of nice folks I met on the train from Peterborough to London a few years ago who were surprised to see I did not wear cowboy boots and a ten gallon hat.

I say "sort of" because they were English and had never been to American. And "sort of" in that they were very kind when talking about Texas. You are quite mean-spirited. What a shame that you are so ignorant about your own country.

As I said, you are not worthy to make assumptions about Texas and Texans. Don't try

"I know it when I see it."

Posted by townncountry at 2008-05-04 07:25 AM

That's what judges say around here regarding the definition of construction defect.

So if the guy was really raping her and the husband killed him as he was fleeing--he would get off then too?

The guy killed someone fleeing--shouldn't he be held for manslaughter at least? Or involuntary manslaughter if you believe he was shooting at him to scare him away and just got a lucky shot?

He shot the gun. And she should get something since she put the whole scenario in motion. But how did she know if she did or didn't know her husband would pull out a gun and shoot the guy?

This is very confusing.

And the idiot stripper in NC can't be held accountable because she was already a dancing victim of the system and gets a pass. She had lots of help and no one is getting held accountable --except the Nyfong moron.

But no one even said sorry for the hassle guys! NOt Jesse, Sharpton, Black Panthers--no one.

Murphy

Was the wife screaming when her husband first came upon her and the guy going at it but before the wife had seen her husband or did she yell "rape" and start to scream only after after she saw her husband?

The husband should have shot at the tires of his truck and not killed the guy.

Goat. you must live in Austin. The People's Republic. I've never --- er, ah ain't nevah --- been to Austin. Been to Dallas, paid six bucks to look out the window from which Oswald was said to have shot JFK. Was in Houston and toured the NASA campus and that Texas erection they all San Jacinto. Great food in downtown El Paso while awaiting a train. Even played in an Amarillo (I think they say Amarillah) bridge club. Wouldn't want to live in any of 'em. Sorry. herm

In late 2006, Darrell Roberson came home from a late-night card game to find his scantily clad wife with another man in a pickup truck in the driveway.

The wife is just as guilty of the murder. If her husband was out at an all night card party he was probably drinking for hours and the wife had to have known how he would react to that kind of a situation, especially if he'd been drinking all night and carried a gun.

WELCOME TO TEXAS, GUYS....The first rule is don`t fool around with somebody`s wives...it`s a deadly game.....

Wouldn't want to live in any of 'em. [Texas cities] herm


Thank god

(I think they say Amarillah)

Not the locals

er, ah ain't nevah

Why do you try to emulate a southerner with your written word? Dropping the r is a deep southern, not southwestern thing. Texans (and other SW'ers) do not drop the R.

Sure you've been there? If so, did you talk to any Texans or just people from Georgia who were visiting?

If so, did you talk to any Texans

Mexicans?

Mexicans?

If you mean mexican descent, probably so. What's wrong with that? My neighborhood (middle middle class) is well over half mexican descent. But I live in San Antonio. The percentage is not as high in N Texas.

The wife was rightfully convicted of manslaughter, but the husband should have had murder charges brought against him.

~G-man.

Agreed.

By shooting at a fleeing individual the Hubby was no longer "protecting" his wife he was committing an act of revenge.

A shame Darrell isn't as sharp with his wits as he is with his gun.

~Zap.

Maybe yes, maybe no.

Spud remembers when this story first appeared here how at the time Spud speculated that the "rape" story was made up after the shooting and prior to the phone call to the police and that the idea originated by the enraged hubby (still holding his smoking gun) and agreed to by the cheating wife.

Possibly they thought neither of them would go to jail if they just stuck to that story.

As it is Spud reckons the two of them both deserve time in jail and the dead guy deserves a post-humous Darwin Award fer fucking the wife of a Texan who looks like he eats concrete for breakfast cos he likes the taste.

Waiting for the press to get Dr. Laura's take. She seems to have a lot of followers on the DR.

~Phoenix

Whaaaaa?!

"Docta" Laura is an insane, megalamaniacal, bitch-assed control freak who should just STFU and go DIAF.

Be Well.

/Not really here.

If you mean mexican descent, probably so. What's wrong with that?

Not a thing, was hoping for a wee rise. You know Texas bravado.

Not a thing, was hoping for a wee rise. You know Texas bravado.

I like the Mexicans. Love the culture, the food, y las senoritas . . .

"Sure you've been there? If so, did you talk to any Texans or just people from Georgia who were visiting?"

Many times, and they didn't tell me where they were from. But hey, I do cop to exaggerating. A leedle beet, as they say in juarez. Don't tell the bogus paratrooper. herm

Oh, and I've been in San Antonio. Nice shopping, great eats and super jazz along the river. They got some kind of falling down shrine to our 1846 imperialism too. herm

Oh, and I've been in San Antonio. . .They got some kind of falling down shrine to our 1846 imperialism too. herm

Really? Which shrine would that be? The most famous shrine in San Antonio is the Alamo. The battle of the Alamo was in 1836 (not 1846) and it was a battle in the fight for Texas independence, not US (if that is what you mean by 'our') imperialism.

You make such a fool of yourself with your myopic and simple minded world views, herm -- must you do it with your ignorance of history as well?

"some kind of falling down shrine to our 1846 imperialism"

Herm, the failed history major ...

The battle of the Alamo ended March 6, 1836.
On April 21, 1836 Texas won independence from Mexico at San Jacinto in an 18 minute route. I had family there. His name's on the Monument.

route=rout

It's early in Austin.

Good catch, Zat, but you are about 3 hours behind El Goat.

:-)