Prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against an Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner after she showed up at a house by mistake.

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.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 day 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
      16·
      1 day 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.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        There is no reasoning behind this. Like I try to empathize with everyone, but I cannot for the life of me do it with trigger happy idiots. Like I’m a gun owner myself, but using one outside of the range is the absolute last thing I want to do! And there’s no reason to think she was intending harm if she knocked/rang the doorbell!