(March 30, 2007)--A Fort Worth man who killed his wife's lover after finding them together has escaped murder charges from a grand jury.
Instead, the Tarrant County grand jury indicted Darrell Roberson's wife, Tracy Roberson, accusing her of causing the shooting by claiming she was being raped.
The 35-year-old wife is charged with manslaughter in the death of Devin LaSalle.
I actually feel a bit sorry for her "lover" because of the fact that she clearly invited him into the situation with a text message (read the rest of the article) and then immediately accused him of a serious crime against her when she got caught. For all intents and purposes, she dumped the guy out in the trash the moment that things got too hot and heavy for her to be able to handle. This sort of accusation is loaded enough that it's great to see the government prosecute her, and try to secure for her a very stiff prison sentence. What she did was, in effect, manipulate the situation so that her lover would be murdered so hopefully her husband wouldn't find out that she cheated on him. Bad enough that she wasn't honest about it ("I don't love you anymore") but she had to trick her husband into murdering her lover!
Funny thing is that this is precisely how this should be working out. Her intention was on some level murderous; she clearly intended to allow her lover to lose his life at her husband's hands to clean up the situation for her. Now if only we would add the principle from the Mosaic Law, that if you use the courts for the same reason, that you will be sentenced to the punishment you would have falsely imposed on another, we'd be all set!
I hope she gets 25 years.
Unfortunately, our system is notorious for being soft on women. Hell, even "Christian leaders" were calling for mercy on Karla Fay Tucker because she was a woman and she became a Christian in her final years on death row.
She deserves a heavy sentencing. I mean for Pete's sake if you're going to cheat, own up to it when you're caught - you always get caught, eventually :)
Truly shameful.
And evil.
I like that principle of having the same sentence imposed.
Nifong and a stripper, anyone?
Nifong would be looking at probably a good 10-20 years in prison under that principle. A man in his position that cares that little about justice being served probably deserves even worse than that!
Now if only we would add the principle from the Mosaic Law
That would be the death penalty in this case, since she committed adultery.
And no, I wouldn't have a problem with that.
I don't beleive killing was the answer. This matter should have been held in a different manner. It's best to walk away because their are innocent choldren on both sides being hurt by this.
The man thought his wife was being raped because she screamed for help, claiming she was being raped. Would you really want your significant other to think about your attacker's children if he hears what sounds like you being raped and screaming for his help? Rape is a serious crime; it used to carry the death penalty in practically every state in the United States because it was considered that fundamental of a violation of another person.