Canada's courts are softer on women

Commentary here.. Excerpt:

'No, I wasn’t surprised at what a citizen of Adler Nation posted on my Facebook page.

And if you knew what Bill was posting about, neither would you. Here’s the post:

“This is great. Let’s all get drunk, take some prescription medication and take my beater and plow into everyone on the street. The courts will set me free and maybe I can claim damages too.

“Thank you Manitoba justice for protecting the criminals as usual. She must just be laughing at home right now and having a toast to the judge. This would never happen to a male.”

Bill was reacting to the story covered in Sun newspapers this week about a Winnipeg woman, 52-year-old Joan Henderson, who consumed six double rum and Cokes while playing VLTs at a local restaurant.

She then got behind the wheel of her Dodge Neon and minutes later drove — no brakes applied — into 29-year-old Michael Pacheco. He was just doing his job at the time, picking up some road signs as part of a city street-cleaning crew.
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If Michael Pacheco had been drinking doubles, then gambled on a safe drive home and smashed his car into a mother, bringing her within inches of death and a life of constant psychological and physical anguish, do any of you think Michael Pacheco would have received the same sentence as Joan Henderson?

If your answer is yes, my guess is Bill is among millions of Canadians who think you must have just been hit by a fast-moving vehicle, or you have a drinking problem.'