Cry of rape leads to involuntary manslaughter conviction
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I am not much on using text messages, although I use email quite a bit. I am really surprised at how many recent cases have revolved around cheating spouses use text messages. They might as well sign a confession.
A woman who shouts rape when her husband batches her with another man is asking for a confrontation that will be volatile at a minimum. Here it was deadly.
A Texas woman who caused her lover's shooting death by falsely crying rape was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter.Her text messages inviting LaSalle to see her were used against her. She certainly deserves to be convicted.Tracy Denise Roberson, 37, cried a bit when the verdict was announced. The punishment phase was set for Monday, and she faces two to 20 years in prison.
In late 2006, Darrell Roberson came home from a late-night card game to find his scantily clad wife with another man in a pickup truck in the driveway. Tracy Roberson was with her lover but cried rape, and her husband fired four shots into the truck as Devin LaSalle drove off, killing him.
Darrell Roberson initially was arrested, but a murder charge was later dropped and a grand jury indicted Tracy Roberson instead.
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I am not much on using text messages, although I use email quite a bit. I am really surprised at how many recent cases have revolved around cheating spouses use text messages. They might as well sign a confession.
A woman who shouts rape when her husband batches her with another man is asking for a confrontation that will be volatile at a minimum. Here it was deadly.
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