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You know, I've always heard this RUMOR that Texas has some sort of statute for designated Crimes of Passion that's referred to as The 8-Second Rule.
For example: you walk in on your old lady bangin' the mailman, and anything you do within a reasonable amount of time/the heat of the moment/roughly eight seconds is pardonable as temporary insanity by a reasonable man standard.
So, like, if you pick up a .357 and unload on the guy and/or your wife, you get a free pass. As soon as you pop the cylinder and reload, THEN it's murder.
Or if you pick up a ball bat and crush his skull two or three times, that's all good. 93 times is probably getting you sent to prison.
Has anyone ever heard of this, or is it completely bunk?
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