<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>My ex-fiance is the woman who had a child with Tyler, the guy shot. My relationship with her ended 6 years ago, but we've kept in touch. She told me the scenario around why Tyler was shot. </div><div><br></div><div>This isn't something that could be explained sufficiently by the papers, so it's understandable why people would question how the guy who killed Tyler could be released so soon.</div><div><br></div><div>This was a love triangle gone bad by immature young adults. Tyler found out James was having an affair with the mother of Tyler's kid (my ex from long ago) and flipped out.</div><div><br></div><div>James believed Tyler was out of control (Tyler had been whacked on drugs for days and had implied to my ex that he intended to
die).</div><div><br></div><div>If this guy came to your house threatening your family, what would you do? Waiting for help from the cops may have been to late.</div><div><br></div><div>Tyler was shot in the heat of an argument that Tyler went looking for. James believed he had no choice but to defend himself and his family.</div><div><br></div><div>The whole thing is tragic, but it's real. Crimes of passion are a leading cause of domestic violence.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't condone what James did, but understand that the life of your family is something most people won't take lightly. </div><div><br></div><div>Locking up James any longer would be a waste of money, and of his life. It would do James' family no good if he were locked up. </div><div><br></div><div>I don't know James, but believe he is not a threat to society. He will be on parole, so if he is a bad guy, he will be
monitored. </div><div><br></div><div>Sometimes you gotta trust that the legal system works and that putting some people behind bars for crimes they didn't go looking for yet committed is a waste. </div><div><br></div><div>James will be paying in many ways for taking the law into his own hands for the rest of his life. It is a shame that Tyler's family will be paying, too...</div><div><br></div><div>Take home message: be careful who you threaten, or better yet, don't threaten anyone!</div><div><br> </div>Garrett Clevenger<div><br></div><div style="position:fixed"></div> <!-- cg2.c202.mail.ac4.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Tue Nov 3 19:52:30 PST 2009 --> </div></body></html>