Man get's Life in Prison for Killing Robber

Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Interesting..I remeber hearing about this when it happen

Thoughts ?


http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/Philly_man_71_gets_life_term_for_fatally_shooting_robber.html


Philly man, 71, gets life term for fatally shooting robber

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A 71-year-old theft victim who retaliated by shooting his assailant seven times at close range has been sentenced to life in prison.

Barry Mason is a tool repairman who had no prior criminal record before being convicted of murdering 19-year-old Jamil Burton of South Philadelphia.

In August 2006, Mason was stopped in his car at a red light when Burton rode by on his bicycle. Burton reached in and snatched off Mason's neck a necklace that held an $18,000 diamond ring.

Mason then pursued Burton and killed him in a downtown park with a gun he was licensed to carry.

Mason was ordered this week to serve a mandatory life sentence. His attorney intends to appeal.
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Jamil Burton sounds like an idiot.

    Death may not have been the right answer - but certainly I would have taken a knee cap or two to disable the kid from running away while I call the police.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    shoulda moved to texas.
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Jamil Burton sounds like an idiot.

    Death may not have been the right answer - but certainly I would have taken a knee cap or two to disable the kid from running away while I call the police.


    Especially when the kid who stole the Chain didn't have a weapon or it wasn't in the story that he had a weapon anyway

    Took the law into his own hands...I would no problem with him killing the kid if he had a weapon or broke into his house and was protecting his family
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Well really when you think about it, life in prison for this guy means what....3 years?
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  • Lesbelges
    Lesbelges Posts: 434
    This guy deserves jail. Yeah it sucks to have your stuff stolen, but he was in no danger after the jewelry was stolen. Like someone else said, this guy took the law in his own hands.

    He could probably plead temporary insanity or something.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    MrSmith wrote:
    shoulda moved to texas.

    Somehow someway there seems to be more to this story. Also in Texas he would've been perfectly fine, I gather this all comes down to what's the law in Philly.

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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Interesting..I remeber hearing about this when it happen

    Thoughts ?


    http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/Philly_man_71_gets_life_term_for_fatally_shooting_robber.html


    Philly man, 71, gets life term for fatally shooting robber

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A 71-year-old theft victim who retaliated by shooting his assailant seven times at close range has been sentenced to life in prison.


    Barry Mason is a tool repairman who had no prior criminal record before being convicted of murdering 19-year-old Jamil Burton of South Philadelphia.

    In August 2006, Mason was stopped in his car at a red light when Burton rode by on his bicycle. Burton reached in and snatched off Mason's neck a necklace that held an $18,000 diamond ring.

    Mason then pursued Burton and killed him in a downtown park with a gun he was licensed to carry.

    Mason was ordered this week to serve a mandatory life sentence. His attorney intends to appeal.

    No fucking way this guy should do jail time.
    He is a hero in my book.
    Why you say?
    If scumbags like this guy who robbed him knew that someone will shoot his ass if he tries to take things that do not belong to him, maybe he would think twice about it.
    The crooks have more rights then the victim. Fucked up.

    Edit::::He should not have tried to killed the guy.

    And please, if you are from the Secular progressive far left, do not respond to my statement.

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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    i'm all about self defense and protecting what is yours.. but 7 shots is fucking insane. he deserves his prison term.

    as someone said above, just take out a knee cap and let the cops come and throw him in jail. death was not the answer in this case.
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    singularity wrote:
    i'm all about self defense and protecting what is yours.. but 7 shots is fucking insane. he deserves his prison term.

    as someone said above, just take out a knee cap and let the cops come and throw him in jail. death was not the answer in this case.

    I get all worked up when it comes to stuff like this.
    I agree totally.
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  • justjoshingu
    justjoshingu Posts: 538
    eh should live in texas
    mean people suck!
    but nice people sw****w

  • MasterFramer
    MasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    He hunted him down and shot him 7 times? Fucking moron...
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    7 times?...honestly that's some funny shit regardless.

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  • Heather Evers
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    just a random act of WTF !?!?!
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  • pjfan31
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    Yeh If he was in his house terrorising him I would understand, But after chasing him, it sounds bad. I would of tried to beat the shit outta him.

    But he is 71, life imprisonment won't be all that long for him. Sounds slack but instead of life, they could of given him 10yrs and it still couldd be life if ya no what I mean. Dont mean it to be rude, but it sounds it.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Yeh If he was in his house terrorising him I would understand, But after chasing him, it sounds bad. I would of tried to beat the shit outta him.

    But he is 71, life imprisonment won't be all that long for him. Sounds slack but instead of life, they could of given him 10yrs and it still couldd be life if ya no what I mean. Dont mean it to be rude, but it sounds it.

    At 71 he's still very young. More and more Americans are living well into their 80's. I work with the ederly and my current patient will be 91 in 2 weeks. My last patients have been 92, 89, 82 he's still living, 91 and so on.

    So my point is that he still has a number of years ahead of him barring any previous health issues. He'll have some years ahead of him to think about what he could've done differently.

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  • Brain of J.Lo
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    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Mason then pursued Burton and killed him in a downtown park with a gun he was licensed to carry.

    I have no prior knowledge of this story, but based only on this news story alone, the text that I quoted makes me feel like this verdict and sentence are just. It would be a different story if Mason reacted at the scene and felt that he was defending his own life. I think he went above and beyond protecting himself.
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I have no prior knowledge of this story, but based only on this news story alone, the text that I quoted makes me feel like this verdict and sentence are just. It would be a different story if Mason reacted at the scene and felt that he was defending his own life. I think he went above and beyond protecting himself.

    Yeah me too

    Chasing him down and killing him is Murder in my book

    Not like he was defending his life
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,949
    so the 71 yr old gets to spend the rest of his life eating 3 square meals a day.......

    and the piece of shit 19yr old is dead........

    things worked out just fine in my eyes.....
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Obviously, the kid did not deserve to be murdered, but I don't think the old guy deserves life in prison, either.
    The robber is/was the bad guy here! Probably the $18k ring was his dead wife's and had serious sentimental value and it just tipped the old fart over the edge.
    No, he shouldn't have killed the kid, but... I think a shorter prison term would suffice.
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