http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-70-acquitted-killing-wife-lover-mid-tryst-article-1.1360052
Is this just a case of of Florida not being like the rest of us? The wife did claim to be blackout drunk, which if true would make it a case where Conley could indeed have been prosecuted for rape had he not been shot to death.
But why couldn't any jealous husband who finds out his wife is being unfaithful just plan to "accidentally" happen on to his wife's consensual sex with a lover and shoot the lover claiming he thought she was being raped? How do you prove or disprove what he was thinking at the time?
It could go something like this:
husband: I heard some commotion from the bedroom, I thought I heard my wife scream in pain. I entered to find her being raped and shot the guy.
interrogator: So you didn't at any point think it might be consensual sex?
husband: No, man, Jesus....my wife loves me, she'd never do that to me. That thought never crossed my mind until after the fact. I don't want to think about it.
Is this just a case of of Florida not being like the rest of us? The wife did claim to be blackout drunk, which if true would make it a case where Conley could indeed have been prosecuted for rape had he not been shot to death.
But why couldn't any jealous husband who finds out his wife is being unfaithful just plan to "accidentally" happen on to his wife's consensual sex with a lover and shoot the lover claiming he thought she was being raped? How do you prove or disprove what he was thinking at the time?
It could go something like this:
husband: I heard some commotion from the bedroom, I thought I heard my wife scream in pain. I entered to find her being raped and shot the guy.
interrogator: So you didn't at any point think it might be consensual sex?
husband: No, man, Jesus....my wife loves me, she'd never do that to me. That thought never crossed my mind until after the fact. I don't want to think about it.
