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https://www.magnoliabannernews.com/news/2019/apr/29/arkansas-hunter-who-shot-killed-woman-he-4-29/
An Arkansas hunter who mistook a woman for a deer before fatally shooting her was sentenced to a year in jail after a jury found him guilty last week of negligent homicide.
A judge in Searcy County on Wednesday sentenced 68-year-old Ronnie Hogue following a trial over the Nov. 22, 2016, killing of 29-year-old Stephanie Bonine in woods outside Marshall.
Hogue reportedly told authorities at the time that he had been hunting and thought Bonine was a deer. Responding deputies said they found Bonine suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the neck, according to court documents. She died at the scene.
A jury found Hogue, a Marshall resident, guilty of negligent homicide, a high-level misdemeanor, as well as a pair of hunting violations. A judge also ordered Hogue to pay a $2,500 fine while he completes his sentence at the Searcy County jail. He additionally faces a handful…
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I often say, with heavy sarcasm, if you want to kill someone, dress up like a hunter and claim you thought the person you killed was a “deer”. That explanation seems to work. I’m happy to see this guy couldn’t get away with it; however, $2500 fine and a short stay at county jail? So that’s the price of human life these days, eh? What a disgrace.
..well said..
Yep, they’ve put a dollar value on it, as long as you were intending to kill an animal instead…
..a year?..
only one little teeny-weeny year for a serial-killing psychopath?…
aka: hunter..
..”fuk” that!..
Right back atcha! Well said, Laddieluv. 🙂