I don’t give a shit what people say about the evil of vigilance and people taking the law in their own hands, and yap yap, the fucking bastard got what he deserved. The mother should be given a medal for effective pest elimination.
She might argue that his taunt was a threat to her daughter, and that killing him was legitimate defense of her daughter. (If I were on her jury, I’d be inclined to accept the argument).
I’m of two minds. I can understand and appreciate the mother’s actions, I’m not shedding a tear for a dead rapist. I also believe that in a “just” society, she would go to jail for killing another person. If you feel so strongly that this man must die for his crimes, then you should be willing to be jailed for killing him.
You don’t think that informing the police of the threat and taking measures to protect her daughter’s safety would have been a more proportionate response?
The dead guy spent seven years in jail for the rape, and apparently was going back for another two years or so after that “weekend.” Nine years is a short sentence, but compared to an innocent person who gets sent to jail, for example, the mother has little argument for “the system failed.”