I know 4 people currently on remand for beating teen, but unfortunately, that teen died in hospital of head injuries, charges had been upgraded to murder. Those 4 guys and I are cool. No criminal record, but truth is, one of the accused was attacked and shouted for help, and the 3 came to his rescue.
2007-03-27 19:53:27 · 7 answers · asked by MICKEY MOUSE 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
P.S they have been in jail for 2 1/2 months, almost 3 now. Their next courtdate is April 11th, and I will be there. But I heard this from our friend whose father studies law, but not sure if that was really the case.
2007-03-27 20:00:48 · update #1
14 men earlier was attacking my friend, so he called out for help, 3 came to his rescue, and held one of the guys and beat him, I think they did stop, but not to death, then the injured was taken to hospital where he later died a week about.
2007-03-27 20:05:37 · update #2
Yes, in most cases unless there are special circumstances, I believe that is true.
2007-03-27 19:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by Meowzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that should come out in court. Most times people can make bail.
It sounds more like negligent homicide! It sounds like they should have stopped before they did! Beating a person to death when the victim is outnumbered 4 to 1 doesn't look very good unless the person was about to murder your friend!
2007-03-28 03:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF they are found not guilty, they will be set free. However, you should know that one can only defend one's self to the degree necessary to escape harm.
What that means is that while they may have been justified to start fighting, they should have stopped when they could have safely gotten away from him, or once there was no immediate threat of harm. Anything beyond that point and it's no longer self defense, but assault... or in this case, murder.
2007-03-28 03:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Amy S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are varying degrees of murder of course. It will have to be proven that the life-threatening injuries occurred as a result of self-defense. There can't be any evidence showing that when they had the upper-hand, they continued to beat on him. Otherwise, the case begins to mount against them.
2007-03-28 02:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the accused is set free. But understand that charges can still be brought against the said person at a later date. They can never be tried for the same crime but that dont always mean that they cant be tried for a lesser offence at a later date
2007-03-28 02:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by steven141983 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF, they are set free (which I doubt), they'll still have an arrest record..at least for now.
2007-03-28 02:56:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
jurys aren't all their made up to be....non-bias my aass !!! it depends how the over glorfied car salesman presents the case.....
2007-03-28 02:57:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋