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Janepsy Mesa Carballo gave emotional testimony on the stand at her trial Monday.
A woman accused of luring a man to his death in revenge for her husband’s murder told a Florida court Monday that she acted in self-defense.
Janepsy Mesa Carballo, 35, who is on trial for second-degree murder, , told a Miami-Dade court that she feared that Ilan Nissim would harm her and her family when she shot him.
“In my mind, he was chasing me,” Janepsy Mesa Carballo said of Nissim. “His people, as he called it, were chasing me.”
She testified in hopes of having her murder charge thrown out under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.
Carballo said that she lived in fear of Nissim, who was an acquaintance and business partner of her husband, Orlando Mesa.
Shot six times in the back
Mesa and Carballo’s toddler son were shot outside their North Miami home in April 2008. Her husband was killed and their 2-year-old boy was injured but survived.
A month later, Carballo shot and killed Nissim inside her home, according to authorities.
Prosecutors say Carballo was out to avenge her husband's death, claiming that she lured Nissim to her home the night she fatally shot him six times in his back.
But Carballo said that she wasn’t expecting Nissim that night, and said that his visit turned violent. She acted in self-defense, she said.
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“He turns with his left hand towards his right, and at that moment, I just started shooting, and shooting,” she said.
More testimony is expected on Tuesday.
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Shot 6 times in the back but the Jury will have to ignore the 493 stab wounds and rat poison he had in his system..
Ban "STUPID" and we won't have gun problems.
But that'll never happen.
It is OK for the cops to open fire until empty, but not for the general public. Cops are special, didn't you know that?
Based on what this story relates (at 7:55 am EST), I'm not sure why anybody is make loud pronouncements about the cops, gun control or anything else.
Even in Great Britain, this woman could legally have a gun in her house, a smooth bore shot gun, and the story tells us nothing about what circumstances brought the slain man to her house.
Until we know a little more you cannot really assume anything about this shooting. Self defense, revenge murder, or something in between? We just do not know.
This story could use a bit more detail and context. E.g; what was somebody who'd killed her husband and shot her toddler doing outside bars?
That earlier shooting that supposedly set the stage for this one is even more interesting...
This clearly is self defense, in Florida. She had her front facing his back which was approaching her and the lethal threat of him turning with his left hand towards his right was the legal situation justifying her action of putting 6 bullets in his back. I always look out for backs with hands towards other hands, that is a sure sign to cock your gun.
Sounds like the SOB had it coming after shooting her husband and child. I say let her go.
There is not enough information in this article.Why let a person into your home that you are afraid of in the first place?Even if he was suspected of killing her husband she had to right to take the law into her own hands.
Obviously the creep had it coming....good for her!!
Six bullets in the back? Hmm. I know the story was short on details, but to me, "shot in the back" does not scream "self defense."
This story left out a lot. Most importantly---all of the actors were involved in the drug trade. Miami Herald has a lot of info.
Dick I have read your post many times and it still sounds idiotic....
But even if she DID lure him there good for her...If he was the killer of her husband and shooter of her child then #1 why was he out of jail and #2 he deserved it....
Not gonna happen. Our entire economy and political system depend on "STUPID" to survive.
Yep. For instance, what did she lure him to the apartment with? Must have been the promise of food.
It also doesn't address why the alleged "victim" was not already in police custody for the murder and attempted murder of her family. She wouldn't have been able to lure the man anywhere had he already been where he belonged.... in a jail cell awaiting trial!!!
Not putting the sole blame on the cops, but they have a job to do too and that shouldn't be exclusive to the low hanging fruit cases like Ms. Carballo's.
Lolly
I was thinking the same thing. If police knew he killed her husband and nearly killed her child why wasn't he either in custody or why didn't they have surveillance on her thinking he might possibly come back to finish the job.
Creekdog,
I wish we could ban stupid! but denver is right on that one! LOL
That's OK, lighten up, it'll come to you.
No Dick unfortunately it will not...he was approaching her with his back turned?? And him moving his left hand towards his right was a "lethal threat"...WTH are you talking about?? Were you there?? Speculation is one thing, but damn man....
Morning Creekdog and Bill, I say not only ban stupid, but put a bounty on it! They won't ever do that though unfortunately!
She lured the guy w/the intent to kill him:
A police investigation revealed that Carballo had called Nissim to her house at 13365 NW 12th Avenue to bring her with some “For Sale” signs.
Instead, police say that when he arrived she had Nissim help her move sound equipment from one room to another and then she told Nissim she was “ready” and pointed the gun at him. He pleaded for help and she replied “Orly (her husband) asked for help too, [expletive],” the police statement reads.
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Sorry, the link disappeared!
She lured the guy w/the intent to kill him:
A police investigation revealed that Carballo had called Nissim to her house at 13365 NW 12th Avenue to bring her with some “For Sale” signs.
Instead, police say that when he arrived she had Nissim help her move sound equipment from one room to another and then she told Nissim she was “ready” and pointed the gun at him. He pleaded for help and she replied “Orly (her husband) asked for help too, [expletive],” the police statement reads.
---miami.cbslocal.com/2011/01/11/widow-allowed-to-post-bond-in-murder-case/
(#1.3)
So why did she have to shoot him 6 times in the back - he was dead when he got there. Stand Your Ground is a defense against a dead person?
I'm sure after the first couple shots, the man was still twitching and she just unload the chambers. What's the problem.
@Rob68
Try reading Dick's first post with sarcasm and look for the emphasis placed on "in Florida"....
I'd be more interested in hearing why she thought he shot and killed her husband as well as shot her child. Guilty she is but on what level. If someone shot and killed my wife and shot my child and the courts and law allowed the sucker to walk free in front of me is almost at the extent of being entrapment.
The aliens said this story is not even worth paying attention to, let alone commenting about it.
You want justice? Fine, time served and then pay her for six bullets.
Ban handguns.
Read my #1.1 comment and have a nice day.
really? Her "gun" took matters into its own hands??? Apparently one of obummers sheeple
ban takenaka
loser
Why would you collapse Takenaka's comment? I don't see you collapsing the comments of people who dragged in gun "rights", something that is not even mentioned in the story! How about you collapse the ad hominem comments against Takenaka instead?
I do not think any-one's comments should be collapsed. Merely have up/down arrows regarding the post. From my my observations, conservative posts are "collapsed" most often.
Spike -- I agree with you on the "up and down" arrows. I've been posting for over a year now that Newsvine needs to do that.
It gives you an easy way to agree (the up arrow is already there) but no easy way to disagree. You must either write a response or vote to collapse the remark. I think we'd see much less collapsing if this were done but Newsvine is apparently not interested.
As to WHO gets collapsed, I think it's about even but I wish the TRUE idiots would get collapsed even sooner!
It's amazing. You can read ANY news story on ANY subject, and if you read the comments, you will ALWAYS find some MORON who wants to blame it on President Obama...
Congratulations, ALLENNA. YOU are that MINDLESS MORON on this particular story....
Ban Takenaka's,
Ace, let me ask a few things. Are drugs illegal? but they flourish.
Auto theft is illegal but it happens. Prostitution is illegal, but happens.
So some nimnod troll wants to ban hand guns and only honest people
would obey the law? On earth things are different. Get out of Mommy's
basement a check into reality when you get older.
Killed her husband. Shot her kid. Then...she shot him 6 times in the back. Whats the problem.
I know we are a nation of laws, but that is not justice. The woman was the victim of a horrendous crime, and by law she is charged with 2nd degree murder...there is no justice in that.
Copy that.
thinking the same thing....they should give her a medal...wtf??..was it because Nissim is a jew he's getting better treatment under the law than the Carballo's..?
Nowhere in the article does it mention that the guy she shot had anything to do with her husbands murder. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have charged her if they had evidence that the guy was involved in the murder and had come back to finish the job. She should have shot him in the face instead of the back. Shooting someone in the back makes it hard to prove self defense.
I didn't read anywhere that Nissim was Jewish. Where did you get that info?
Sorry, Todd, but the man was tried and found not guilty.
Wish we had more details than the writer of this badly written story deigns to include. He seems to assume we are familiar with the case, and that's poor journalism. Still, who knows what happens? Maybe there was good evidence and he got off on a technicality. But perhaps there was no real evidence, and her ugly suspicions may be totally in error. In which case she killed an innocent man.
After reading his record I'd say she had the right to be afraid. Nasty individual, a real pos.
I'm thinking maybe the police were on his payroll. They are really trying hard to convict her. Either that or we are missing a ton of information. Like maybe she is not the helpless victim she appears to be in the article. Maybe she was part of her husbands murder and wanted to kill this guy so he couldnt rat her out. Armchair detective is fun.
Good loord! When brains were passed out, you thought they said "trains" and missed yours!
I like her. She thinks like Dirty Harry.
An eye for an eye and no crime should go unpunished.
If your husband was murdered and your child was shot, and you think the murderer is out to get you and a few weeks later you find the murderer is in your home - would you have the presence of mind and training to follow standard police procedure? (By the way, you aren't a police officer.)
These news are confusing. Nowhere above I read that Mr. Nissim killed her husband, and if he did, why was he a free man.
Doug,
Word on the street was he killed her husband. As far as her story goes, he showed up unannounced and with her knowledge of the street talk, she was scared for her life and shot him.
Yeah, 6 times is a little excessive but she probably never shot a gun before and wanted to make sure she stopped him before he can harm her however, talk on the street is she called him to come over and "then" shot him. They'll figure it all out with phone records or she'll break down and either admit it or not.
The usual. The only time "Stand Your Ground" law should apply but there are wrinkles out the gazoon....
If that person, Nissim, killed her husband, why was he out on the streets? I will say one thing, the law doesn't like it when a citizen does what they failed to do.
No one really likes it when unstable, revengeful people take matters into their own hands! Really crazy concept for the police to investigate instead of taking this crazy bitch's word and just arresting him. No a very bright statement for you to make with a straight face.
Q: Why did you shoot him six times?
A: Because the gun only went 'CLICK' when I pulled the trigger the seventh time.
Here's the real question:
In this scenario the woman supposedly killed the man in retaliation for killing her husband.
Haven't we been fighting a war for over a decade now on this very similar premise?
What a totally assanine analogy.
why was he on the streets yet?? look at his name...foreigner...got what he deserved from her...an eye for an eye...let her go...
Everybody just hold your horses.
There is so little detail on what the true circumstances are here that I don't see how anyone could even comment on this story.
All I can do is ask a miriad of questions. Apparentely the reporter did not.
yet you did
You , Scooter, took Okeeboy's full comment "out of context", just to make YOUR wise-assed comment. How old are you, 14?
There is NOT enough information to know what REALLY happened here. This story is 4 yrs old, so there are more details to consider before one could make an comprehensive assessment in their comment.
The term "lured", and the 6 in the back make this lady appear GUILTY as hell.
Raid,
Don't get your panties in a bunch man. Scooter is just putting humor into it. That's all.
"And" he had a valid point. It was an oxymoronic comment to begin with. :-0
Have a nice day...
And you, in turn, castigate him without adding any information to what was in the article .... essentially the same behavior. And without the saving grace of humor.
The term "lured" never appears in the article. The term "accused of luring" does ..... it's what prosecutors do when they want to put someone away. Although I must admit that explaining away 6 in the back is gonna be a chore.
.... must have been an automatic six shot, single shot revolver to shoot him in the back six times in self defense. !!
It just drives me nuts when I read a news article and I then have twice as many questions as the article answered.
welcome to nbc
Sounds like justifiable homicide to me.
I agree that there are more questions than to be able to comment on. How did the guy get into her house? Had he been arrested? These reports are getting more diluted to where there are very few facts.
6 times in the back, I have never seen or heard of an attacker lunge at a person backward, usually when someones back is to you its because they are trying to run away not attack
And why was that Nissim guy still free after shooting a man and a boy? If he would have been locked up, as he should, he could never have come to her house.
Why would you invite a person that murdered your husband, into your home? I think she is quilty! Although I don't know much about the case....
there is certainly more here then meets the eye.... love triangle gone bad perhaps?
6 times in the back? What kind of self-defense is that? Need a lot more facts about this case than what is reported to make any kind of a personal decision on guilt or innocence.
Typical MSN Non-news - was the man charged with killing her husband? Acquitted? Out on bond? Maybe she had really good reasons for killing him, maybe she was just out ot get total control of the business they shared - who knows? Certainly no one who reads this story.
But as a general policy/ethics statement: from my own perspective, if someone DOES kill my mate and tries to kill my child, guaranteed, I will do whatever is necessary to take them out. Justice in this country is a commodity, sold to the person with the most powerful accomplice (Err, I meant to say, lawyer). You cannot depend on the police or courts to make things right, so we are back to the law of the old West - and justice is dispensed out of the barrel of a gun. Pretty bad, but it's the way it is any more.
this is a classic love-triangle in that everyone's lives end up getting ruined. the wife has an affair with the nissim, the husband confronts nissim and ruins his image so the nissim stakes out his house and shoots him when he's walking his son from the car to the front door. the police have trouble getting physical evidence that implicates nissim as the shooter but everyone (the wife included) knows that he did it and since her reputation and family-life has been similarly destroyed she lies to the nissim a little while later saying that she wants to get back together with him then blasts his @%# in an emotional rage and will be found guilty of murder and the kid left without any parents... how about just staying faithful to your spouse next time?
Her defense should work in the state that freed Casey Anthony
get over it......
Even if she did "lure" him - good for her.
LitterHater...you sound like a novelist. Not a bad thing for sure but you got a huge imagination to glean that story line from this news piece. Nice work!
If you reply "directly" to the person you're writing to, it saves us from scrolling around to see what they said.
Just as I did here. Thanks... ;-)
Not enought information in this article to figure out what happened or what is going on. It is a shame the taxpayer has to provide salaries for all the people in the law enforcement and legal systems to address the actions. Very costly for emotional, criminal activities.