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A Texas father caught a man sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter and punched him in the head repeatedly, killing him

A Texas father caught a man sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter. The man fell and died, authorities said.

protobuilder wrote:I had a case where the dude had just gotten out of prison after like 20-odd years, and when asked why he was in, he said he killed a man that was molesting his niece. "...Then I killed his brother and his dad. Took out the whole blood line."

LOL?

SAR wrote:Initial response was "great!". Then you realize you got one dead, one guy who is now a killer and states he's remorseful about it, and worst of all-a young abused girl. I don't feel bad for the dead guy, and doubt I'd be terribly remorseful myself in the dad's situation, but there's not much to celebrate here

SAR wrote:Dan,
I agree with that. Legal affirmation that you can defend your kid is good. However I'd be surprised at any other outcome in Texas. A nice moral victory would be for this to go no bill in one of the less self defense friendly states

James Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, an Austin-based nonprofit group, questioned the father’s decision to “summarily execute” the alleged molester without due process.

“Assuming it’s true that this guy was molesting the daughter, and we don’t know what exactly happened at this point, he would then have the right to defend [her], and hit him enough to have him stop,” Harrington told FoxNews.com. “But you cannot summarily execute him, even though I can understand the anger he would have.”

Without specific knowledge of the case, Harrington said he was “surprised” that the girl’s father had not been already charged.

Harrington continued: “The question is: When does it move beyond self-defense?”