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Texas says it's OK to shoot an escort if she won't have sex with you

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Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:34 UTC

A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort - agreeing that because he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he'd paid to Lenora Ivie Frago, who wouldn't have sex with him, his actions were justified.

Gilbert had admitted to shooting Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve 2009, when she accepted $150 from Gilbert and left his home without having sex with him. Frago, who was paralyzed by the shooting, died several months later.

Gilbert's defense argued that the shooting wasn't meant to kill, and that Gilbert's actions were justified, because he believed that sex was included as part of the fee. Texas law allows people "to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft."

The 30-year-old hugged his defense attorneys after the "not guilty" verdict was read by the judge. If convicted, he could have faced life in prison. He thanked God, his lawyers, and the jury for being able to "see what wasn't the truth."

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sairie · 2013-06-06T19:59:25Z

I see humans, but no humanity!

This is INSANITY, that a man got away with killing a woman, who's life was only worth 150 dollars ?!

skepticle · 2013-06-06T21:34:05Z

So, by their logic....

... it's okay to shoot somebody who wouldn't give you $150 back due to a breach of unspoken contract. That may be theft, but what was stolen from him wasn't the $150, it was the services he expected, that I would guess were unstated. In my country, that's grounds to sue them in small claims court, not shoot them fatally. And IF the "understood" contract was for sex, I am pretty sure Texas law invalidates it, and he has no case at all for that money that he gave to her. If he "expected" something different, that's none of her business legally. Did she screw him over by not screwing him? Sure. But he still murdered her. He got angry and shot at her with a lethal weapon. There is no grey area there.

Saying that reneging on an agreement "turns it into theft" is like saying that if the corner store attendant sold me a moldy chocolate bar, when I expected an EDIBLE chocolate bar, I could go in and demand my money back, and then shoot him if he decided that he didn't want to stand by his products. And of course, I would take my money back from the register, go home, and watch some TV. Because I just shot a thief, and that's OKAY.

Joan · 2013-06-06T22:40:52Z

What Truth

Truth is, this is vigilante justice on the part of the perpetrator and the so called justice system. I also question the validity of the jury, the jury selection and the lawyers involved in the defence of this miserable excuse for a human being. How little we consider the value of life when murder is committed all for the total of $150 without any thought or consequences for the action. One word psychopathic.

Good Optics · 2013-06-06T23:47:58Z

Just one more . . .

. . . pathetic pos in the annals of human "conduct" . . .

twiceyes · 2013-06-07T03:13:33Z

annals of "human" conduct...

Barakis · 2013-06-07T01:16:45Z

Ugly

To be convicted of murder, it must be shown you intentionally or knowingly kill someone.

He claims, his shot was not intended to kill. So this already puts holes in prosecutions claim that he committed murder. Manslaughter yes, and a sympathetic jury could see that he is guilty of this.

However, The law is Texas Penal code 9.42 DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY

This law further justifies him using a gun and killing someone because they were committing a crime in the exact manner in which this law describes

________________
to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and

(3) he reasonably believes that:

(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means
_________________

The morality of the issue is not at hand. She was breaking the law and justice was served. If he had been buying drugs, a television, a car, it wouldn't make a difference. She attempted to swindle him out of money by means of theft. Would you not shoot a burglar if you caught them running out of your house with money or property?

josi · 2013-06-07T15:11:08Z

No, I would not shoot someone for running out of my house with money or property. Do you really believe $150 is worth shooting someone for?????

Ruth · 2013-06-08T02:46:08Z

Josi, this is the differance between the 'Law' and morality.

Pity the poor guy when it's his time to pay.

osher · 2013-06-07T01:43:22Z

We just need to...

...get all the bankers and politicians from all over the world fly to Texas, make them "work" during night time and... and judges too.

Hugh Mann · 2013-06-07T05:02:38Z

He wanted to get screwed and she screwed him...

theodocius · 2013-06-08T01:17:34Z

Re: Ugly

"The morality of the issue is not at hand. She was breaking the law and justice was served."

Pity the (ponerized) fool.
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sairie · 2013-06-08T01:44:41Z

Re: Ugly

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Olesya · 2013-06-08T02:43:53Z

@ Barakis

A person is NOT a television or a car. He was not buying her, he was buying her services. And now, Lenora Ivie Frago is dead. She had a name, you know. You don't know anything about what happened there, what he asked her to do and why she left his house. All you have it's his word. And so do I. Again, she's dead. After he shot her in the neck, she was paralyzed and unable to give her side of the story.

Now, you say that it's not morality issue and justice was served. Interesting. So, it seems that it would be normal and justice would be served to shoot a repairman whom you paid to repair your television, when he didn't do his job and left? (I do apologize for the analogy) Any normal person in this case, would file a complaint. He couldn't do that because that would be akin to him admitting that he was a john, and was soliciting sex.

What happened in Texas lately, it's quite telling, osit. Here the perpetrator was acquitted for killing a woman for 150 $, while just a couple of days ago, one man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for trying to steal $35 rack of ribs, and another man was tasered by police for trying to save his son from a burning house where as a result the child had died [Link]

Ruth · 2013-06-08T02:56:57Z

Yes, justice was 'served' and to whom and thanks to who?

Justice is an ass, by the way. God the Law is screwed and by extension, so are we.

theodocius · 2013-06-08T03:05:36Z

Totally Agree

Awesome and hard-hitting points showing the blatant inconsistencies in both the "ethical" and "legal" systems down there and elsewhere.

Regrettably, complete absurdity and insanity have evidently been unleashed upon the lives of Texans.

What's next? What sairie posted above? THIS IS A NOT A TEST.......

Thank you, Olesya.

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