In this state, you would have been arrested and charged with at best manslaughter if he was not armed. I didn't say that was right, I just note that Washington is one of the more tolerant states of sex offenders, rapists etc. I suspect that you may be right and a jury wouldn't convict, but the cost in lawyers fees and lost wages while you are in jail and court would be an awful lot. So, in this state, unless you can find a handy hunting knife not traceable to you to place in his cold dead hands, I think maybe I would do what Dad did and just hold him. (not that I wouldnt want to empty the magazine into his sorry ass)

I think I said (This state). There are far too many 'explanations' and 'excuses' posted. I just replied to yours cuz it was the longest. There is NO reasonable explanation for this behavior other than an alcoholic so far gone he has absolutely no sense of responsibility. The fact that YOU took this personally I guess is maybe my fault.

Something about this state that brings out the excuse makers. I dont care WHAT his intent was, he entered somone elses home, at night, when they were asleep. Quit making excuses or finding reasons. Police said second time and he was well known for drinking himself into insensibility. He needs to be jailed, detoxed and when released again, if he goes back to drinking, commits ONE offense anywhere near this, back to Jail for a much much longer time. We (Well not ME, YOU) excuse too much by people under the influence. !!!

Don't care what his intent was. He entered somone's home, at night, when they were asleep. That in itself puts him on the list to be shot. Lucky for him, Dad understands that in this friggin lefty state, if he had shot him he probably would have been arrrested and charged with manslaughter.

Doesn't friggin matter. No ONE should enter another person's home, day or night, without express permission. Just because maybe they couldn't afford to replace what appears to be a pretty not so high tech door, doesn't give any one the right to enter, at night, drunk, and get in bed with a kid. Hell, doesn't give him permission to even Touch the door!

The only people who lose in this are the overpaid, overbenefited, unionized government employees and most of them will find a job with one of the outlets albeit at a wage scale more in line with that most retail clerks enjoy. Let's face it, one of the main reasons most state governments (and to some degree the Fed) are so deeply in debt are the huge costs of providing promised benefits gained by bullying governments into passing said benefits by either extortion or support in each election and of course the big beneficiaries of that support is the corrupt Democrat/Socialists who currently run this state.

THE UNITED NATIONS? You are joking I hope. THE U.N. has no moral or legal rights to try any U.S. citizen no matter what the crime and how heinous.
Besides, the UCMJ does include capital punishment and for 16 murders including mutilation by burning, the death sentence is virtually mandatory.

Any american servicemember stationed over seas is covered under the SOFA which ALWAYS give priority to the U.S. military.

Under the status of forces agreement with Afghanistan's current, legally constituted, governmeny, the Nato forces have priority in all criminal cases, whether they involve civilians or military. Afghan Law is Sharia law which is at best Pre Medieval. The end result will be the same except we will execute him quietly at Leavenworth with the approprate witnesses and the AFGHANS would draw and quarter him in the middle of the town square.
Under most standard SOFA's (Status of Forces Agreements) The U.S. has priority. We have (At least in Japan and Germany, where there are good criminal justice systems) on occasion, turned American servicemembers over to the local government, particularly where the outcome would probably be the same and we were convinced of the perpetrators guilt. In many cases Japan and German courts are more lenient that ours. In this case, AFGHAN law is as I said above, Pre Medeival Sharia law. Not gonna happen.

No where near as many :Nam" vets have committed suicide that the 58 thousand some odd who died in country. War does not cause most men (and women) to kill themselves. The reaction of some at home may contribute to somone who is already damaged. There are any number of men and women who went to war, came home and lived normal lives. If you haven't been there, I suggest you not babble about that with which you are not familiar.