Woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death during a domestic incident spared jail..

[TheRealJoeFish]

NRA, IRA, MRA...  seems like every organization ending with RA is stupid

The Royal Artillery would like a word with you.

Well, of course I meant "ending with" in the exclusive sense

[Joods]

There has been a case in Germany, I think as early as in '64. Two women, mother and stepdaughter, beat the abusive husband to death with a frying pan. The court aquitted them for two reasons. One was that it couldn't determine who actually administered the fatal blow, the second one was acknowledging the abuse over a long stretch of time.

So, that's what courts are for. To hear the whole story and come to a decision. Not knowing the whole story behind this incident, doesn't allow judgment. Least of all from us, who haven't been there or at the hearing and who aren't legal professionals.

bolded by me*

Exactly. None of us here know anything about this woman's life other than what the article chose to divulge. And it's an article. We all know fact-checking in today's world just doesn't happen the way it should. If this article was pulled from another source other than a person who was actually at the hearing, then it becomes hear say.

The man could have been handing down any sort of abuse not only to the woman, but to her five children as well. The point is - we don't know. And until there are either court transcripts that have been published (not likely to happen. Transcripts are costly. I should know) or until she steps forward to tell her story, who the fuck are any of us to judge her life and what she did or the sentence she received.

And I'm with Losty on this point - I don't think anyone should be killed. If it's self defense, there had better be a real good reason to claim that.

[LastPoet]

Well, what if we make a google search for men being spared of jail for murdering their wives? What if we search for convicted women for mudering their husbands?

I hope no woman ever thinks of mingling with you pool. Fir her own safety. And for you to not ever procreate while you keep those shitty ideas on your head. You sir need to achieve more maturity. I expect this nonsense from a hormone raging 15 y o with acne problems.

[Cyberman]

@JoeFish
That would include the iERA as well, so you have a point.

[Alex K]

So I'm a sexist pig because... .. I'm not writing enraged diatribes against misandry below the anecdotes you post here in order to convince yourself that men are the oppressed ones? Maybe I would address their detailed contents of your posts if they weren't part of what's pretty transparently your quest for identity and self-worth, which, as it does for many your age, right now involves attaching yourself to one of these issues. I've seen it before, friends of mine going through everything from right wing mysicism groups to men's rights to esoteric cults looking for their purpose and place in the world.


Well, I called you an idiot, it's only fair you call me a sexist pig.

[Divinity]

Completely left out was the fact that her boyfriend had been violent, and he had a history of violence against her. They were also lenient because she showed remorse, administered first aid, and had children to take care of as well-- which were all considered when they sentenced her.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/3...ed-partner

Now how about in Texas, where a man got probation for killing his Trans girlfriend?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...riend.html

Oh and of course Ethan Couch getting probation for killing four people in a drunk driving incident. Which pretty much everyone knows by now.

So even if the sentencing is a little unfair, it happens for men as well.

[abaris]

Yes, as I said before. Know the whole story before being judgmental.

[Losty]

There was a woman in Florida sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into the wall when her husband attacked her and threatened her that if he couldn't have her no one would. He was not injured.

My point being, courts make terrible decisions all the time and that has more to do with a flawed system than it does to do with sexism.

[Divinity]

There was a woman in Florida sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into the wall when her husband attacked her and threatened her that if he couldn't have her no one would. He was not injured.

My point being, courts make terrible decisions all the time and that has more to do with a flawed system than it does to do with sexism.

Florida.

Kill a black teenager in a hoodie?  Nada.
Fire a warning shot at your abusive husband? 20 years in jail!  (Thankfully it was reduced to 3, but still for fucks sake)

[Losty]

There was a woman in Florida sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into the wall when her husband attacked her and threatened her that if he couldn't have her no one would. He was not injured.

My point being, courts make terrible decisions all the time and that has more to do with a flawed system than it does to do with sexism.

Florida.

Kill a black teenager in a hoodie?  Nada.
Fire a warning shot at your abusive husband? 20 years in jail!  (Thankfully it was reduced to 3, but still for fucks sake)

Yea I just looked it up because I was going off memory of it at the time. Pretty sure she also go two years of house arrest right?

Different articles are saying different things but it looks like they charged her with 3 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (one each for the husband and his 2 sons who were there). The minimum sentence for that in Florida would be 60 years