i do not fault this father at all. yet, i feel that he should be "punished." because he did kill a guy. even if he didn't really mean to. (i assume that he was so mad he wanted to hurt the molester, but actually kill him? probably not.)
i think it would be chaos if we had laws that said, yeah, sure, sometimes you are justified in killing a person, so long as they are doing something crazy to your kid.
there are just too many variables to allow for manslaughter to sometimes be legal. what if i go grab a gun first? what if i wait 1 week, 2 months, or 3 years later to kill you? what if i tortured you first? or, the scariest thing of all, what if i was just wrong but i killed you anyway because i didn't realize that you and my daughter were play fighting during sex? (this last one would, of course, not describe a situation where an adult is taking advantage of a young child. but what if my 14yo daughter is dating a 17yo boy who looks like he's 20something from behind?) and, worst of all, some deranged people would use this "loophole" and try to get away with actual murder.
so what "punishment" am i advocating? probably just probation and community service. i think jail time is a bit harsh but there must always be a legal consequence to killing someone.
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Seems like the law is fine as is if this father doesn't get tried for murder. Seems like some kind of extension of self defense since it was a 4 yr old who couldn't defend themselves. And its not like he used a baseball bat or something, it was just punches apparently.
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