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a family has rescued a kidnapped family member a woman
and killed the kidnapper this is an amazing story
it's written about in the advertiser the the local paper
and the family of a woman who was kidnapped
earlier last week track down
the kidnapper and killed him
on Friday according to authorities Bethany
Arseneau 29 years old according to police was kidnapped by Scott Thomas the
father of her son
but it was family members who were tipped off about an abandoned house
and family said they didn't know what to expect when they showed up
a half dozen of them converged on the house kick the door down
and founder inside a bloodied and repeatedly stabbed
they also found the 29-year-old Scott Thomas
a confrontation ensued she was injured
gunfire erupted Lafayette Parish Sheriff's
captain kip judas said Thomas died from injuries sustained
during the confrontation the obvious question is
are you going to be charges against the family that did this
Arseneau was driven by family members to a local hospital she's in stable
condition
nobody so far has been charged
in the fatal shooting there has been a report sent to the district attorney
it's possible that charges may stem here this is really
be stars during a huge debate Louis because
if you don't file charges are you implicitly encouraging vigilante justice
or is this simple self-defensive a third person of course self defense can be
love yourself or other third person
from an attacker it still qualifies a self-defensive that third person is
unable to defend themselves or or if it's a very clear case where there
their life was at risk is this heroic her is this anarchy
hard to say and it seems like there are few details that might be important here
did this guy
poll a gun or a weapon on them first I am is that why they shot but that
doesn't actually matter Louis based on self-defence the issue is
if the third person in this case 29-year-old Bethany Arseneau
was in what could reasonably be believed to be
a here for her life or in danger of losing her life
she had been stabbed multiple times she was bloody when she age when the family
showed up
it doesn't matter if the family feared for their life what matters is
if they were reasonably its defending
the life Bethany that's really the the legal issue at hand
well then I guess that's that that's up for
up to a judge or a jury to decide I mean if it if she was lying there stab him
bloodied
happen and you know you you could apply that law to this than I would assume no
charges will be pressed at all
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is this heroic or is it anarchy or is it neither is it just a sad situation that
fortunately ended up without Bethany Arseneau dead
which of course we're all glad about