Hallo Alfie
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This article appeared in the paper today (Melbourne's Herald-Sun).
Without wishing to take too light or provocative an approach to a serious and tragic issue, a couple of things come to mind:
- The history of abuse. This poor bloke was less than half her size. Who was the abuser?
- Children aside (whose ages we don't know), does this seem an appropriate sentence? I mean, if someone in a rage hit another and killed them, would there be the same sentence given for "involuntary manslaughter, or would the charges have been more serious?
- If the roles were reversed, would the female judge have been as lenient? Is this a case of reverse discrimination?
- If the lenient sentence was given due to the mitigation of the "battered wife syndrome" or similar - was there any evidence or record of this? From what I can see this was only asserted by her lawyer.
Again, I know nothing of the case except the regurgitated information on the web and the above article.
A quick look on the internet reveals some blogs and such but I can't find anything credible - the original source appears to be Fox. I could delve a bit more deeply (call me lazy, I don't mind, it's a lazy Saturday morning afterall), but I thought it worthy of a chat anyway.
So, is the story true?
Any comments?
Or more info?
AAA
Without wishing to take too light or provocative an approach to a serious and tragic issue, a couple of things come to mind:
- The history of abuse. This poor bloke was less than half her size. Who was the abuser?
- Children aside (whose ages we don't know), does this seem an appropriate sentence? I mean, if someone in a rage hit another and killed them, would there be the same sentence given for "involuntary manslaughter, or would the charges have been more serious?
- If the roles were reversed, would the female judge have been as lenient? Is this a case of reverse discrimination?
- If the lenient sentence was given due to the mitigation of the "battered wife syndrome" or similar - was there any evidence or record of this? From what I can see this was only asserted by her lawyer.
Again, I know nothing of the case except the regurgitated information on the web and the above article.
A quick look on the internet reveals some blogs and such but I can't find anything credible - the original source appears to be Fox. I could delve a bit more deeply (call me lazy, I don't mind, it's a lazy Saturday morning afterall), but I thought it worthy of a chat anyway.
So, is the story true?
Any comments?
Or more info?
AAA
