Attack on boyfriend included frying pan and a kitchen knife - no jail time, boyfriend elects to stay with assailant

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2010-01-28 22:26

Story here. Excerpt:

'HAMPTON - After beating him with a frying pan and stabbing him with a kitchen knife, a Rothesay woman avoided jailtime and returned home with her victim/boyfriend.

Judge Henrik Tonning couldn't deny if the male/female roles were reversed, the penalty would likely be harsher.

Instead, he followed the joint recommendation of Crown prosecutor Kelly Winchester and defence lawyer Al Levine by sentencing Mary Lisa Joyce Carrier to a six-month conditional sentence, followed by one year's probation for assault causing bodily harm.

Carrier, 21, sat next to the boyfriend she assaulted and still lives with during her sentencing in Hampton provincial court. When she stood to be sentenced, he stood with her and often put his arm around her.
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He said if the role was revered and it was a man who beat his girlfriend with a frying pan and then stabbed her repeatedly, he is "doubtful" the sentence would be as light.

"More likely he would be incarcerated for a significant period of time," Tonning said. "(But) I don't intend to rock the boat today."

He told Carrier to accept the support she has and get help for her issues.

"Everyone needs a little help now and then," Tonning said.

Under the conditional sentence she must abstain from alcohol and non-prescription drugs and take programs recommended by her probation officer.'

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would have been put away for a loooong time
"but i don't intend to rock the boat"
says the judge.

i guess he is right. any attempt to actually hold
any woman accountable these days is 'rocking the boat'.
but don't call it law. it's cowards in black robes.

and of course we need an excuse
'everyone needs a little help now and then'.

maybe she'll kill the butt kissin' half-man next time.
she should at least get a couple months for that.

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Submitted by daveinga on Fri, 2010-01-29 02:02

Fifty years ago serial killer Nanny Doss (about a dozen vics including two kids) was spared the death penalty because she was a woman - both the prosecutor and the judge admitted that they didn't seek the death penalty simply because of her sex!
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Rise, Rebel, Resist.

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Fri, 2010-01-29 03:05

This is just damned SICK!

Too bad there are not men support groups around to help this dude get over his being a punching bag! \

Sick! Just sick!

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Submitted by Luek on Fri, 2010-01-29 13:44

From the summary:

He said if the role was revered and it was a man who beat his girlfriend with a frying pan and then stabbed her repeatedly, he is "doubtful" the sentence would be as light. "More likely he would be incarcerated for a significant period of time," Tonning said. "(But) I don't intend to rock the boat today."

Translation:

I like my job and I'm not going to jeopardize it by treating men and women equally.

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Submitted by Arty on Fri, 2010-01-29 18:55