They could invoke Freedom of Religion as a defense... this could be an interesting case.Oddly enough, this scenario (where someone commits a heinous murder due to believing the victim is possessed by demons) is fairly common from what I've heard, and sometimes associated with abuse of psychoactive drugs like PCP, or just psychosis in general.
Missouri man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 4-year-old girl who was beaten with a belt and then dunked in an icy pond in what the local sheriff has described as part of a "religious-type episode."
At the time of the man's December 2020 arrest, Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox said the accused had described the deceased girl's mother, who was a neighbor, as a "demon," and claimed the child would end up like her mother unless someone intervened.
The man, Ethan Mast, and another neighbor, Kourtney Aumen, both were charged with second-degree murder as well as three counts of first-degree assault and single counts of first-degree sexual abuse with physical harm.
Because killing her might not have been premeditated and intentional.Second degree murder? Why not first degree murder?
Fanaticism is bad.
They probably spoke...Unspeakable evil.
One has to be dead to be in HellRot - literally - in hell. Rot "alive".
They probably spoke...
One has to be dead to be in Hell
Such edgy "humor"; I'm totally trolled.
This isn't the thread for this crap, Bodi. Show some damned respect for a dead 4 year-old.Getting you to fall for a non-Troll and think it was Trolling was the Troll.
LOL THAT... was the Troll!
Freedom of Religion is an area protected by the U.S. Constitution.Here's what l don't understand about them using the religious defense here. It says there is a charge of first degree sexual abuse. I don't understand how that fits with a religious defense. It makes me think they are just saying anything to see if any of it sticks and can get them out of this.
What religion promotes 1st degree sexual abuse of 4yr old girls?Freedom of Religion is an area protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Not sure... one like the one that says selling your daughter into prostitution or killing all infidels?What religion promotes 1st degree sexual abuse of 4yr old girls?
Thats the problem with saying my God made me do it
What religion promotes 1st degree sexual abuse of 4yr old girls?
Thats the problem with saying my God made me do it
WTF?Hindus and Muslims toss babies off the roof as part of a religious right:
/shrug
WTF?
Or offering your virgin daughters to be gang-raped by a mob? The last righteous man in Sodom did that.Not sure... one like the one that says selling your daughter into prostitution or killing all infidels?
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