20/20
By bargaingirl
@bargaingirl (844)
United States
October 29, 2007 9:14pm CST
I was watching 20/20 just now... There was a case regarding a lady who found out her brother-in-law molested her son & raped her daughter. So she confronted him and when he said "So what are you going to do about it?" to her, she got a shotgun and killed him. Her jury convicted her of voluntary manslaughter, but not murder. What do you think? Do you think it was just a maternal instinct?
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@gradyslady (4054)
• United States
30 Oct 07
Wow that's crazy. First off that guy was a jerk and a bunch of other words I can't say right now because mylot won't let me. Second, I don't blame her for killing him, because if I had children and someone touched them, I can't say I wouldn't do the same. I do think it was maternal instinct to protect her children.
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@bargaingirl (844)
• United States
31 Oct 07
I agree, I don't think she was a cold-blooded murderer or anything.
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I say good for her. One less scum bag on this earth. I don't have kids but if I did and they were being hurt I don't know if I wouldn't do the same thing. Let someone touch any of my loved ones and if I have anything to do about it they'd get a pretty good beat down!
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@bargaingirl (844)
• United States
31 Oct 07
I don't have kids either so it's hard to say what I would do... I think she was just defending her family.
@GloomCookieLex (6073)
• United States
31 Oct 07
LMAO!! That's an awesome response to such a smart-@ss remark. That woman rocks. If it were me, I would have done something a bit more lingering torturous, though. Like recorded it on tape, got him convicted and reveled in knowing he would be beaten and raped repeatedly in prison lol. Or went Bobbit on him.
@spiderlizard22 (3444)
• United States
31 Oct 07
I say she lost her temper. Many times when people get angry they do things they later on regret doing. They do have control over their actions. What she did is wrong. What her brother in law did is wrong too but he shouldn't die for it.
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I think that every good mothers instinct is to hurt the person that hurt their child, but I also think that by killing the person they are getting off way to easy. They should have to suffer for what they did to that child. I had a similar situation, but thankfully the man never came to watch our children. My husband is in the Army and his last deployment a man was arrested for molesting his niece and nephew. This same man offered, before we knew what he did, to come to our home and watch our kids so that my husband and i could have some time alone. he was coming home on his two week leave at that time and the man asked if he could stay with us. I told my husband no to both and i'm so thankful that i did. there is no telling what he would have done to my children. When i found out I was so disgusted and so angry that watching my children had even crossed his mind i was ready to go find the guy and beat him. the father of the two he molested was already out looking for him. He was in the Army to and was so distraught he was walking the streets with a shotgun. They finally got the guy though and he's in a military prison for the rest of his life and i've heard that some inmates already took it upon theirselves to castrate him, so he's getting everything he deserves where he is.
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@momoftwingirls (859)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I say, it is about time a jury gave the proper punishment. She of course killed the man, but it was a well deserved killing. He was smug and it sounded like he had no remorse for his actions.
A mother's revenge for her child's pain is just like a woman scorned.
She did something every mother of a molested child would have done if they had the nerve this mom had.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
30 Oct 07
I think that it is some maternal instinct because she got hurt from her children molested and raped. If she had been wise, she would have handled this to the judge without being convinced of voluntary manslaughter. Anyway this has happened already. And her brother-in-law deserved it for his evil performance to her daughter.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
30 Oct 07
I would have done the same and thats one thing I have said since the day I became a mother that I have not changed my mind on. Who ever touches my son and hurts him that bad deserves to suffer I dont know if I could kill a person but he will pay big time I will aim below the belt.
And not just my son every person who molests kids deserves all the pain in the world as kids are inosent and pure and dont deserve that at all.
@BlueStarMom1 (931)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I guess this would be any parents reaction. Just not everybody acts on it. It sounds like the law was not doing anything to stop him. Such a sad situation for the mother and the children.
I am glad they gave her a lower conviction.
@nike_myth123 (518)
• Philippines
30 Oct 07
definitely it is. parents has such unconditional love for their kids. i dont have one yet but if ever i do and something happen to my child, i just hope God will forgive of what i'm about to do.