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- <title>
- Apr. 19, 1993: Frontier Justice
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Apr. 19, 1993 Los Angeles
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK
- SOCIETY, Page 22
- Frontier Justice
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>An angry mother takes a child-molesting case into her own hands
- </p>
- <p> Daniel Mark Driver, 35, had just taken his seat in a rural
- California courtroom for a hearing on charges that he had
- sexually molested four boys when Ellie Nesler, the 40-year-old
- mother of one of the victims, quietly walked up behind him.
- According to police, she pulled out a small-caliber pistol and
- fired five shots into his head.
- </p>
- <p> The fatal shooting quickly plunged the tiny gold-mining
- town of Jamestown into turmoil. Reporters poured in, tabloid-TV
- shows pressed for details, and local supporters took up a
- collection for Nesler's defense. Donna Brewer, who runs a cafe
- next to the courthouse, said Driver "deserved what he got.
- That's the worst crime there is." And Nesler's sister claimed
- that Driver, who had a previous conviction for child
- molestation, had "smirked" when he entered the courtroom. Almost
- lost in the hubbub was the district attorney, who called the
- shooting "reprehensible." Nesler, who was freed on $500,000
- bond, will enter a plea this week.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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