I echo that sentiment where even thou she said it’s 50/50 she still ordered him to pay up. It’s similar to that female judge that let that woman off who had a history of drink driving off when she was caught drink driving. Also I think she said (paraphrasing) “if you were a man I would throw the book at you” something like that. Sort of plays into the argument that men get harsher sentences than women
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Based on what research?
Is that what she said, or was it “something like that”?
Would genuinely like to read more about this story.
It wasn’t that long ago and it was a story of a Judge that told a woman she was lucky, and if she had been a man she would have put away.
There was also the case recently where a woman murdered her husband with a hammer and
was either let off or had a reduced sentence because it was found that her husband was controlling her and making her miserable although there was no violence toward her.
This is fine but, as a few people pointed out, imagine if that was reversed and a man had been let off in the same circumstances.
There is plenty of research done on this and for similar crimes a woman will sometimes be dealt with more leniently than a man.
Yeah, can I get a link?
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2144002
Let’s not pretend that judicial system doesn’t have a history of being lenient towards women.
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Let’s not pretend until we have all the “facts”. There are other aspects to consider as well as gender.
That’s a different debate.
I have no issues with female judges.
I thought you were asking for research about men getting harsher sentences than women
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Thanks. That’s certainly a wild fucking comment, to say the least haha
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I’m not arguing who’s right or wrong, I just haven’t thought about this issue at all. Interesting how different the conclusions are though.
We both are talking about two different things.
I am affirming that men do get harsher sentences than women, regardless of who the judge is or which gender.
You on other hand are arguing that there is not enough evidence that female judges do not take tougher decisions.
Two different topics.
No that is your belief, not what I am arguing.
I wish I had a cycle right now
I bet most of us do.
Should judges be the ones to pass judgement, why not the jury with guidance from a judge? Judges seem to get it wrong so often.
What about all the cyclists that regularly jump red lights - i saw 3 different cyclists do this on the way to work this morning !? And not use fckn cycle lanes that take up half a road space !?