In Texas, man gets 4 mos. for killing wife, 15 yrs for wounding man

[poly_nightmare]

Jimmy Dean Watkins pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted murder for shooting Keith Fontenot on December 22, 1998. Watkins' estranged wife, Nancy, was killed with multiple gunshots as she tried to dial 911 during the attack.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/06/jealous.husband.ap/index.html

Anyone else think this guy got off easy.

[xexon]

Texas is a country within a country.

Pray you never wind up in their justice system.



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[Seth928]

just going to throw down the race card and walk away.

[spork]

If she'd been pregnant she might have mattered.

[historyteach]

I think we ought to cut off the state of Texas and let them go back to the Lone Star State!
A positive by product would be that W could no longer be president and soil our Constitution any longer!
L'Chaim!

[jamesrage]

Anyone else think this guy got off easy.

Yes.I think that it is proof that there are Liberals in texas,but not just any kind liberals, bleeding heart liberals.What lead me to this conclusion was this statement "acted with "sudden passion" and "acted in a blind fury",sounds like a bleeding heart excuse to to keep one from recieving the death penalty.

[bike_lady]

Yes.I think that it is proof that there are Liberals in texas,but not just any kind liberals, bleeding heart liberals.What lead me to this conclusion was this statement "acted with "sudden passion" and "acted in a blind fury",sounds like a bleeding heart excuse to to keep one from recieving the death penalty.

Get off it. The "bleeding heart liberals" are not responsible for what one jury decides. But you never miss an opportunity to b***h about the liberal conspiracy, do ya?

I do not understand the jurors' rationale that probation was preferable to prison because they did not think the accused could be rehabilitated there. Do they think he can be rehabilited on the outside, where his "sudden passion" might flare again? Maybe they were just plain stupid. This bleeding heart liberal says, throw the book at him. He deserves life, at the least.

Now, it would be a great thing if TX would make life in prison without parole an option. (topic for another thread).