Craigslist escort takes $150 from man, refuses to have sex, AK47 killer acquitted

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[TEXAS] Ezekiel Gilbert, 30, facing life in jail for the 2009 death of Lenora Frago, 23, near his San Antonio home, got off even though he shot her with an AK-47. But a jury said his actions were justified under state law.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...icle-1.1365975

A Texas john who shot a Craigslist escort dead after she took $150 of his cash but refused to have sex has been cleared of murder.

Ezekiel Gilbert, 30, was facing life in jail for the 2009 Christmas Eve killing of Lenora Frago, 23, outside his San Antonio apartment.

Gilbert used a AK-47 assault rifle to spray his alleged victim's car with bullets as she was driven away at 4:15 a.m. by her alleged pimp, Christopher Perkins.

Frago was hit in the neck.

Left paralyzed and brain damaged from the shooting, she was hooked up to a respirator for several months until her family pulled the plug in July 2010.

A Bexar County Texas court jury on Thursday took 11 hours to acquit Gilbert — saying his actions were justified because he was simply trying to retrieve stolen property.

This is because state residents are permitted "to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft."

Gilbert's defense attorneys argued he did not intend to kill Frago and only wanted to blow out the car tires and get back his cash.

They also said the shooting was justified, as he thought sex was included as part of the fee.

Apparently, this is type of justice is not uncommon in Texas.

EDIT: whoops, forgot the link. Thanks for the reminder.

[Dextroden]

Theft of goods and/or currency worth $10 and above punishable by immediate death.

Seriously though. Wat.

[Zafire]

I'm going to be one of those rare guys that says I don't think he did anything wrong, and the fact she died was very, very unfortunate collateral damage.

[yokotoyama]

Trying to shoot out the tires? I've never seen a car where the tires are where the body of people are.

[Tradewind]

I think it's entirely reasonable to settle a disagreement with firepower.

[Dextroden]

I'm going to be one of those rare guys that says I don't think he did anything wrong, and the fact she died was very, very unfortunate collateral damage.

I don't think that means what you want it to mean.

[Jakexe]

Awesome. Next time I get short changed in America I know what response I'll be going with, and it's been backed by the courts.

[Spiral Mage]

Good ole' Texas, 'nuff said. Logic and reason have nothing to do with it.

[Blueobelisk]

Where's the link? I'm on mobile with no script/ad protection but I wanna see a pic of the dead hoe in question.

[Doctor Amadeus]

Not even shocked anymore.

[Boogums]

I don't think that means what you want it to mean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Collateral_damage
Collateral damage is damage to things that are incidental to the intended target.

Sounds like he knows exactly what it means.

[Dys]

Awesome. Next time I get short changed in America I know what response I'll be going with, and it's been backed by the courts.

Yeah, because Texas laws are nation wide.

[Boogums]

Good ole' Texas, 'nuff said. Logic and reason have nothing to do with it.

The logic and reason were given. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean it exists. You should argue that the logic and reason are flawed, not that it doesn't exist (because in that argument, you're wrong.)

[brimdog]

Justice and the Law are separate entities. Hell, even Law itself is comprised of both the Letter and the Spirit. Too bad people are people, pimping out women and recklessly endangering other people's lives for cash. It's also too bad that that type of mentality is justifiable via rational.

[Dextroden]

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Collateral_damage
Collateral damage is damage to things that are incidental to the intended target.

Sounds like he knows exactly what it means.

I'm not believing that tire shit with a neck shot.

[taliey]

And Americans wonder why other people think they're bloodthirsty mindless killing machines.

[Aerodactyl]

Meh, very unfortunate a young woman had to be in that line of work on Christmas Eve anyway in the first place. But amazing this guy's lawyer got him off...He used the AK only to shoot out the tires. At 4 am. In the dark. Moving target.

[Jokerfiend]

Let's take the top posts from Reddit and plaster them here. So we can talk about the same shit on a different site, with less freedom, with harsher and more obtuse moderation! Seriously, this is just lame.

Anyways, totally sad. And I hope that this opens the door to get that legislation changed.

[chrisberb]

Is prostitution legal in Texas or do the laws just support murdering people in the course of criminal activity?

No it's not legal. Which kind of makes this whole situation even worse..he was breaking the law (offering money for sex), and when he was denied the sex, he killed her o.0
It's like shooting your drug dealer for giving you a bad product, and then calling the police.

[Nachturnal]

Hmm, can't say I'm shocked to be honest lol.