Father Gets 9 Months For Killing Molest Suspect
According to MSNBC:
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Interesting case, a man only gets nine months for killing someone. Although he was suspected of fondling his daughter, there was no physical evidence that it actually occured. It's very dangerous for people to play vigilantes when there is no concrete evidence. Of course if you were the parent its not that easy stay calm and not lash out. The question is does this man deserve a more strict sentence?
In this case the father stabbed the suspect to death, and cops later said he the suspect was innocent. Link
A man was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for beating to death a 77-year-old man he believed had molested his 5-year-old daughter.
Robert Fontanez Jr. pleaded guilty last year to killing Bismark Vasquez. Police have said that although there was no physical evidence to support his daughter's allegations that Vasquez had fondled her, the account she gave police was consistent with what she had told her family.
In April, an infuriated Fontanez punched Vasquez so hard that Vasquez went through the back door of his home. Fontanez punched him several more times as he lay bleeding on the concrete outside, police said.
Fontanez, 27, of Elsmere, had been charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide.
Superior Judge Joseph Slights III sentenced Fontanez to far less than the maximum five years, telling him, “The circumstances surrounding this crime were taken into consideration by the state” and the court.
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Interesting case, a man only gets nine months for killing someone. Although he was suspected of fondling his daughter, there was no physical evidence that it actually occured. It's very dangerous for people to play vigilantes when there is no concrete evidence. Of course if you were the parent its not that easy stay calm and not lash out. The question is does this man deserve a more strict sentence?
In this case the father stabbed the suspect to death, and cops later said he the suspect was innocent. Link
