Prosecutor: Killing Of Drunk Driver An 'Execution'

dailymail.co.uk A drunk driver did not deserve 'execution' by a Texas father accused of taking the law into his own hands in a fit of rage over the killing of his two sons in a wreck, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday. David Barajas is accused of fatally shooting Jose Banda in December 2012, minutes after Banda plowed into a pickup truck that Barajas and his two sons had been pushing on a rural road. Twelve-year-old David Jr. died at the scene and 11-year-old Caleb died at a hospital. Barajas' truck had run out of gas about 100 yards from the family's home. In opening statements Tuesday in Barajas' murder trial, prosecutor Brian Hrach told jurors Banda made a horrible decision by drinking and driving. Banda 'deserved punishment. He deserved severe legal punishment, but he did not deserve a public execution,' Hrach said. Barajas allegedly left the scene of the accident, retrieved a gun from his home and returned to kill Banda. Sam Cammack, Barajas' attorney, told jurors his client did not kill Banda, and that the father never left the crash site.