Talk:Carlos Solis/@comment-72.94.246.140-20120107173058/@comment-5066566-20120107174924

Actually, he'd probably be charged with murder. :/ He didn't have malice aforethought to kill, but he did to cause serious harm (he hit him across the head with a candle stick with great force). In England, you can be guilty of murder if you intended to cause serious harm and they die as a result (it's called implied intention, different to expressed intention which is simply pointing a gun and shooting). I don't know if it's the same in America, but if it is, he'd be guilty of murder.

And Renaboss, you listed all the aggravating factors that wouldn't look good for Carlos; family member, unarmed, elderly and appearing undangerous, not been reported previously, no marks on Gaby, didn't attack Carlos etc...

Also, I had no idea you can kill anyone that unlawfully enters your home - that's idiotic! Stupid America. Just look at these statistics -

Gun deaths per 100,000 population (for the year indicated):
 * USA (2001) - 3.98
 * England/Wales (2001) - 0.15
 * Australia (2001) - 0.24
 * Canada (2002) - 0.4
 * Finland (2003) - 0.35
 * Scotland (2002) - 0.06
 * Japan (2002) - 0.02