"A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges
that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort—agreeing that because
he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he'd paid to Lenora Ivie Frago,
who wouldn't have sex with him, his actions were justified.
Gilbert had
admitted to shooting Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve 2009, when she
accepted $150 from Gilbert and left his home without having sex with
him. Frago, who was paralyzed by the shooting, died several months
later.
Gilbert's
defense argued that the shooting wasn't meant to kill, and that
Gilbert's actions were justified, because he believed that sex was
included as part of the fee. Texas law allows people "to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft."
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