Pastor Kills Fetus, Gets Death

Here’s a sad story for ya. A former youth pastor kills his girlfriend and her unborn baby, charged with double murder, get’s what he deserves.

What’s his lawyer say?

[i]Estrada’s attorney, Suzanne Kramer, had argued that her client made bad decisions.

“It that enough to execute him? Is that enough to kill him?” she asked the jury.
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Uh…yeah. It was a bad decision to strangle and stab your pregnant girlfriend. Kinda like it was a bad decision for me to wear camo pants with a plaid shirt.

Here’s the part that I found interesting (rather than sickening):

A 2003 Texas law amended the definition of the word “individual” to include an “unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.”

I guess according to the Law, it’s ok to kill an individual with medical vacuum, but not with a knife. Go figure.

So, what do you think, should it be illegal to kill a baby before it’s born or not? Only ok for the mother, but not the dad, like in this case? Thanks for the input.

Source:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FETUS_KILLING_SENTENCE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-02-07-19-35-27

Yes, that is a standard legal paradox. Remember that Scott Peterson asshole? He got double 1rst degree murder charges for killing his pregnant fiance. So there you have it.

[quote]Cunnivore wrote:
Here’s a sad story for ya. A former youth pastor kills his girlfriend and her unborn baby, charged with double murder, get’s what he deserves.

What’s his lawyer say?

[i]Estrada’s attorney, Suzanne Kramer, had argued that her client made bad decisions.

“It that enough to execute him? Is that enough to kill him?” she asked the jury.
[/i]

Uh…yeah. It was a bad decision to strangle and stab your pregnant girlfriend. Kinda like it was a bad decision for me to wear camo pants with a plaid shirt.

Here’s the part that I found interesting (rather than sickening):

A 2003 Texas law amended the definition of the word “individual” to include an “unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.”

I guess according to the Law, it’s ok to kill an individual with medical vacuum, but not with a knife. Go figure.

So, what do you think, should it be illegal to kill a baby before it’s born or not? Only ok for the mother, but not the dad, like in this case? Thanks for the input.

Source:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FETUS_KILLING_SENTENCE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-02-07-19-35-27[/quote]

im sure his lawyer will say it was a ‘crime of passion’ …i don’t understand how lawyers could defend people who murder and commit other horendous crimes and still sleep at night…how is that helping society?