US man shot ex-wife's British husband in front of children (used SYG defense)

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Source: The Guardian

A man has been convicted of shooting his ex-wife's British husband in front of her children.

Cristobal Palacio's 10-year-old daughter told jurors in the US that he had "smiled" as he shot 42-year-old Paul Winter, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in October 2008, according to the Miami Herald.

Winter died in front of his wife, Jennifer, and her twins, who were six years old at the time, after being shot six times, including twice in the back, at Palacio's home in Kendall, Miami, Florida, the paper said.

Palacio denied murder, claiming he had shot Winter in self-defence, and told the jury sitting at Miami's Gerstein Justice Building that the graphic designer had threatened him with a gun on two occasions.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/04/us-man-shot-husband-children

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I wonder how many murderers in Florida besides Palacio and George Zimmerman have used the "stand your ground" defense?

[papa3times]

1. killin is bad!

I don't know all the details of this case but it doesn't pass the smell test at first glance.

[elleng]

7. Right. Stinky.

'had threatened him with a gun on two occasions.'

[backwoodsbob]

2. so stand your ground wasnt a get out of jail free card

imagine that.

The anti's here say syg is a shoot at will law

[shawn703]

4. But obviously some people think it is

And people have died because of that misconception.

[boppers]

5. It's a legal defense for killing an unarmed man in cold blood.

That's pretty revolting in and of itself.

[benld74]

3. SYG being used as excuse to off someone, not its intended purpose, YET

NRA no where to be seen on this respect!

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Back in the old days, shooting someone in the back

was a hanging offense.
And mostly everybody had guns then.

[Judi Lynn]

8. He was no more than 3 feet away before he shot him in the back.

He didn't give him much of a chance to escape.

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Cristobal Palacio[/center]
From the Daily Mail:

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The bank security executive, who had gone through a bitter divorce with his former wife, shot Mr Winter six times, including twice in the back, while he 'smiled', his daughter told jurors, the Miami Herald reported.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183543/Cristobal-Palacio-Smiling-killer-shot-dead-ex-wifes-new-husband-twins-guilty.html#ixzz22cpzTtSC

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