Ottawa woman sentenced for manslaughter but judge gushes with sympathy

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2008-07-26 18:55

Story here. Excerpt:

'In handing down the sentence, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said that the homicide of Jack Craig was "a very cruel, monstrous act committed by what appears to be a fundamentally decent person.

"I am very sympathetic to Mrs. Craig," he said. "I have compassion for Mrs. Craig."

But he said the conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be served in the community, which was sought by Mrs. Craig's defence lawyers, was "clearly inappropriate given the brutality of the act."'

My read is this: He ran out of money so she murdered him, figuring she could claim abusiveness and that would win her sympathy and community support, minus jail time. Also, no costly divorce to deal with, either. "Hey, what's to lose?" she thought, and went looking for a good, sharp knife.

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manonthestreet

Men's lives are not worth too much when their murderers are women. This type of event is not unusual. It happens time and time again. It distils down to 'yes she did kill him but he wasn't a nice person so it does not matter very much'. Of course the poor guy is not able to refute this he is after all a corpse. Women are filth and judges even worse.

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Submitted by trotter on Sat, 2008-07-26 19:16

F.O.S.D.
Female Offender Sentencing Discount, nothing new here.
GR

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Submitted by Gunner Retired on Sat, 2008-07-26 20:11

I watched the news report on CJOH news after the verdict came down. It was laughable to see all the wimmin outside the courthouse in their designer outfits crying about their "friend". This woman lived in a camper next to a gas station. Where were her "friends" who claimed to be in the know when she was going through this supposed "abusive situation".
They didn't realize how scripted it looked and was.

Badger

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Submitted by badgerb on Tue, 2008-07-29 15:26