Re: Nice Plant #7: Get me off of this planet
I'm a parent of two. I love my kids with every ounce of my fiber and would do anything for them. To be honest I don't know how I'd react. It's quite possible I'd lose my sh#t and go after the guy. But I don't think we should so easily be able to argue without hesitation that the guy had absolutely zero choice in that moment to also take a life.
I don't believe that anyone is arguing that he should get away with it just because it may be justified on an eye for an eye basis.
When I said I wouldn't lose any sleep over the verdict - after Priceless indicted all of Texas due to the ruling

- I was simply saying that this particular "miscarriage of justice" seems more like Karma than anything that should be precedent setting.
Even so, had they found the weapon or had he confessed and been sent to prison, I wouldn't have lost any sleep over that outcome either. He did it. They proved it. He will face the consequences.
The man was acquitted by a jury. End of story from the legal side unless the drunk's family goes civil.
He will live the rest of his life second guessing the "if-onlys." If only he had had the car worked on. If only he had called a tow. If only he had turned around to see the car coming erratically. If only he had left the boys at home.
Not to mention, he has to live with the fact that he killed someone. Did that honor his sons?
This guy didn't get off. He will live the rest of his life in some level of suffering.
My need for a pound of flesh - such as it is - is satisfied in this particular case.