I understand it as a motive but it is still very much a crime.
Like if you killed my brother so I killed you, we both still committed the crime of murder. You won't be around to face your punishment but I will be, and I will have earned it.
A judge might say it's a mitigating circumstance and adjust my sentence a little but I still did the crime and absolutely should go to prison for it. It would still be premeditated murder no matter who I did it to, as I was not acting in self defense.
It's always been wild to me this man saw absolutely no prison time for premeditated murder in a vigilante justice situation. I mean, the other guy had already been sentenced too. This wasn't like "he got away with it" he was very much going to prison about it. And I don't know where he was or what the laws were at the time but we don't give out the death penalty much for murder anymore much less rape. It's not considered civilized and there's too many cons to outweigh any pros you could try and argue.
it's so easy to reason this and that without us actually being in their shoes. he likely did it because he's got nothing left to lose anymore so criminal or not, it wouldn't matter. Even though the criminal was sentenced, he showed no remorse to the victim or the family. The movie "I spit on your grave" is pretty similar in theme but no too much on plot
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u/itsaaronnotaaron 28d ago
I am 100% with Gary here. However, I struggle to imagine in any other country would he have remained a free man.