n 1993, a mother pulled a gun from her purse and shot her son’s accused molester five times in the head, right inside a California courtroom. Her name was Ellie Nesler. The man, Daniel Mark Driver, was accused of sexually abusing her young son and three other boys at a Christian camp. He had already served jail time for a previous child molestation offense. On April 2, 1993, during a break in Driver’s preliminary hearing, Nesler approached him while he sat shackled to a chair and opened fire. Driver died before he could stand trial. Nesler later said she feared he would escape punishment. Her actions made national headlines, with some calling her a hero and others arguing that she had taken the law into her own hands. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and originally sentenced to 10 years in prison. After legal appeals and a plea agreement, she was released in 1997, having served nearly four #TheVoidHole - @thevoidhole