UK mom sentenced to Life in Prison after learning husband sexually abused her kids, 1 of whom committed suicide!

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[–]one1won 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not to make light, but such instances always make me think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3K3h-M6pZ4

“He had it coming…it was a murder, but not a crime”!

Maybe should have been 3 years MAX. This woman’s sentence is a crime!

ETA: she is one smart cookie having used sugar

[–]Mercurygirl5 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ahhh I love that movie and now the song is stuck in my head. I hope this woman has no regrets 🤙🏼 I wouldn’t.

[–]usehername 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ok, whether the guy deserved it or not is irrelevant. We can't just allow people to kill anyone they feel deserves it. It's similar to police killings of people who turn out to be horrible people. Okay, some may argue they deserved to die, but that's not up to some rando or a cop, we have the courts to keep things fair. She's eligible for parole in 12 years, not too bad for murder.

[–]one1won 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Courts are renown for their FAIRNESS and absence of sexism…

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/january-2020/the-misogyny-of-the-so-called-rough-sex-defence/

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2019/jan/12/intimate-partner-violence-gender-gap-cyntoia-brown

The average prison sentence for men who kill their female partners is two to six years (the illustration here takes the midpoint of those values). By contrast women, who kill their partners are sentenced on average to 15 years. Despite its widespread use, the statistic is dated. It was first published by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 1989. It remains true that most women who kill their partners cite self-defense as a motive. In fact, 70-80% of incarcerated women report intimate partner violence. But there doesn’t appear to be any recent analysis of sentencing to see if this gender gap in sentencing remains the same.

Since the statistic was first published, one of the clearest changes in the US prison system has been the dramatic increase in women’s incarceration rates. Research also suggests that women are given harsher punishments when they have committed crimes that are perceived as more masculine, such as murder.

Just saying, perhaps this woman weighed the realities.

[–]lefterfield 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Idk, I agree with the words. But if this was me, and my kids, I'd probably do the same. I like to think I'd take him to court first, but if he was found not guilty? Yeah, I'd be going to prison. It'd be worth it.

[–]JasonNecks 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There was a guy in the US who killed the man who molested his son while the molester was in police custody. I think he got off light. I think the legal system didn't really want to put the man in jail. Could be a case of sexism, or differences between the US and UK, or various objective level differences like quick death vs slow and painful or the fact that his killing happened soon after the incident while this one happened a long time after. Tough to say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9