Women Serve Longer Prison Sentences After Killing Abusers
Lately I've been seeing so many news articles or media about yet another man killing his wife or gf or his entire family lately. And yet I see ridiculous posts like this on reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1ozo9r7/cmv_women_face_very_few_social_consequences_for/
It made made question do women really get less consequences if they exert violence like men? The answer was infuriating but not surprising - https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-serve-longer-prison-sentences-after-killing-abusers
Here's some of the cases the article compares:
In 2017 in North Carolina, a man convicted of stabbing his pregnant wife to death in their bedroom was released from prison after only 7 years.
Last May, a New Jersey man was sentenced to 15 years for the June 2017 murder of his wife. Her online search history showed she was planning on leaving her husband.
In Nebraska, a man who was found guilty of severing his wife’s head has been allowed to reenter the community, with supervision, after spending only 5 years in a psychiatric hospital.
Women like Marissa Alexander are sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot into the wall near where her abusive husband stood in self-defense.
Kim Dadou received 17 years for fatally shooting her boyfriend after he climbed on top of her in his car and threatened to kill her. This was also after four years of his abuse.
Crystal Potter served 20 years in prison for shooting her husband after he got out a gun and aimed it at her head. Again, this was following Potter living through his weekly beatings.