As said, if the roles were reversed, the outcome would be different.
But really this is nothing surprising. Women always have the upper hand in the legal system. It goes with being the gender that is the weaker, more so-called victimized.
In the city I live, in the last few years, 2 women have killed their husbands while they slept. In both cases there was the claim of abuse by the man but no records or witnesses to confirm the accusations. Both women got 1 year house arrest-no jail time.
Last year a woman about 5 minutes from my home killed her newborn. Another instance at the same time had a woman in Edmonton do the same thing. Both woman avoided jail time and got 1-2 years house arrest.
Don't get me started on custody cases.
So yes, gender has everything to do with the outcome, regardless of the act.
But the problem isn't the act or the punishment prescribed. It is the judicial system that is and has been long broken.
As long as we have the hug a criminal, treat criminals with kid gloves approach, and don't punish them accordingly but have the nonsensical approach that rehabilitation works, this will continue.
Glad the kid wasn't killed.
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