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Originally Posted by fatso
Honky-Tonk Wayne is a killer? I thought he just retired from the squared circle, I didn't know he was in jail!
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Thats pretty funny, I admit, I laughed pretty hard.
The case was actually tragic because the guy came home to find his wife and brother horizontal and buck. Because he left the room to grab the guitar it became premeditated murder instead of a crime of passion, and I think the guy ended up with 25 years in prison.
If he would have stayed in the room and grabbed the nearest object and beat them to death, he probably would have gotten manslaughter and a much lighter sentence.
My Dad recalled that there was a lot of sympathy for this guy by the jury, but there was nothing that they could do since it was pretty open and shut.