Our thanks to Francis for this. From the article:
Timney claimed she was drunk and hadn’t intended to seriously hurt Miss Hale. [A cast-iron defence for men who injure people.] She was handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Then the inevitable nonsense from the judge:
Sentencing Timney, Judge Stephen Earl said: ‘This is a case where, for no good reason at all save for drunkenness on your part to the point you can’t recall, you acted so far out of character. This short moment of madness in behaviour nevertheless has consequences, not only for her but also for you.
‘The facial scar is very important, especially in the context of this particular victim, not just in the short-term but the effects it has on her in the medium and long-term on her confidence.’
Judge Earl added: ‘There is a need to send out a very clear message to others that such behaviour will not be tolerated by the courts.’
There is a need to do that. So why didn’t Judge Earl do it?
Judge Earl didn’t do it because Judge Earl is a typical treasonous criminal who abides by peer guidelines and not the law of the land, which is his duty. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7995844/Judges-told-be-more-lenient-to-women-criminals.html “Be you ever so mighty, the law is above you.”
epistemol wrote:
‘ … but what about the problem that discrimination only works one way round?‘
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier*.
*William Gruff wrote:
‘Every injustice is another nail in the coffin of feminism, even though it is going to take decades to dig the grave and bury the corpse.‘
You’re right about the time scale William, but what about the problem that discrimination only works one way round?
For example the deliberate legal defintion of rape says ‘with a penis’, so legally a woman cannot rape.
When sex discrimination legislation first reared it’s ugly head men said, aha we can use that too – what’s sauce for the goose etc.
But things have been arranged NOT to work that way.
At some point a man sentenced to a stretch inside for the same crime will see the point of claiming that he has been sexually discriminated against.
Every injustice is another nail in the coffin of feminism, even though it is going to take decades to dig the grave and bury the corpse.
I think we all know the answer to that!