Sorry I shot you!

That is almost exactly what I was thinking. When you shoot someone in the head, you're trying to kill them. When the victim reunites with the attacker, it is usually on the terms of the victim. I can't imagine what that man must have been thinking when he saw his shooter on approach. I imagine he must have had one killer flashback!! No pun intended. Not to get off subject, but this is one reason why I think we should have stricter punishments for violent criminals. Bad idea- let's not get me started!!

I was answering these from the bottom up. (Sorry, i was bored today lol) and I had thought along these same lines. We had to go to a line-up after my mom's purse was stolen. We were both there and could identify the man. It was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life. They made us go in seperately to see if we picked out the same man. (which we did) Even knowing they couldn't see us terrified me.

He might just do that. We were speaking of this incident at church last evening before services started. One of the men at my church is a deputy sherriff. He said that the sentencing commission will take this into consideration when it is time for him to get paroled.

I didn't hear or read what the circumstance were behind the shooting. I don't think, if I were that guy, I would have just stood there and let him walk right up to me again. I'd have probably run and screamed bloody murder at the first sight of someone who shot me.

I can sum it up in two words: scared spitless. I'm thinking, I wouldn't have sat there and let the man come up and shake my hand. I'd be running as far and as fast as I could.

yeah, I'd probably run away when I see him coming.

I would think the clerical person who made the error probably doesn't have a job anymore...but you never know, because many cities, counties and states are not on a merit system anymore. You have to have so many documented times of screw ups before they can be terminated...no matter what the infraction.

I guess we can't really say one way or another if he was sincere or not. His victim seemed to think he was seriously sorry, at least that's the impression he gave in the interview I read. It would still have scared me to see him coming towards me after he shot me.

You are fortunate. I read a statistic while helping do some research for a crime bill that our local legislature was plugging that having a restraining order only works to keep victims safe about 15% of the time. How scary is that?

Houston is what the newspaper article said. I'm thinking he was either really stupid...or really smart and thought that apologizing would get him a lighter sentence or better chance of being paroled early.

Yes, We are supposed to repent of our sins. I keep thinking of the fear that his victim must have felt, seeing him come towards him, knowing that he was supposed to be locked up. I would have feared he was coming back to finish the job.

You seem to be hearing more and more about people who are accidently paroled early, or those who are let out on good behavior even though they are still threatening their victims again. It is getting to be where it's not safe even in your own homes.

That is a wonder, but then again, I live in Texas & I'm afraid to say that it happens more than you want to know about here.

It isn't just in Texas darlin! We had a man escape from a prison here a couple of months ago...by hiding under the axle of a bus that was leaving the prison yard. That is just crazy. He risked his life to get out, only to get caught and put right back...for more time.

What I wonder is...if this man got out on an error...who else they let out of prison that day or week. The article didn't say if he was the only one or if there were others who mistakenly got out earlier than they were supposed to.

what the article didn't tell was what happened in the original confrontation between the two men, whether it was a bar fight, or a robbery turned bad, or domestic disturbance. i'd think that the circumstances in the first incident might have had some bearing on whether the man was receptive to the shooter or not.