LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner who mistakenly arrived at his front door was charged with voluntary manslaughter on Monday in a case that could test the limits of stand-your-ground laws.

Curt Anderson, 62, could face anywhere from 10 to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if he’s convicted. He was being held in the Boone County Jail pending an initial court hearing.

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    58
    ·
    23 hours ago

    Motherfucker should get full 30. Tired of these laws being used to justify killing people that walk onto ones property or knock on your door.

    These laws are to loosely written that you could potentially murder someone and get away with it. Like the cunt in Florida who stole kids ipad and then when neighbor came to try get it back blew the lady away. Luckily they found her google history of researching the law and knowing she sit the whole thing up.

    But a lot of the laws allow the fuckers get away with it.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    20
    ·
    edit-2
    22 hours ago

    I hope they make an example of him. I worked with a guy who had gotten out of prison after a 20-year sentence for killing the man he found in bed with his wife. Opening the door and shooting a house cleaner who came to the wrong house is worse by far.

    At age 62, thirty years is a life sentence for Curt Anderson, and that is what he should get. He took an innocent life for absolutely no reason, he forfeits the rest of his.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      22 hours ago

      At age 62, thirty years is a life sentence for Curt Anderson, and that is what he should get.

      100%

      I don’t care what his reasoning is. He murdered an innocent woman and her husband and kids have to deal with lifelong trauma because of it. LOCK HIM UP.

      • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        22 hours ago

        I’m just wondering why the fine is only $10k? Something like this where you blow someone away for no reason, you should be forfeiting all of your possessions to their surviving family since the victim will no longer be earning an income to support them.

        • grue@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          18 hours ago

          I’m just wondering why the fine is only $10k?

          Because laws like these were written a long time ago and never adjusted for inflation.

        • Melobol@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          22 hours ago

          I believe after this trial, the family will have a right to sue for damages.
          I know that even if you have a real reason to kill someone with a gun (your life was in danger), the family of the attacker can and will sue you for $$. (This is why they are selling insurance for gun owners too.)