Northern_Clips' Circumpolar Blog: Yellowknifer ask for comments - Are the courts too lenient, inconsistent with domestic abusers?

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Yellowknifer ask for comments - Are the courts too lenient, inconsistent with domestic abusers?

Are the courts too lenient, inconsistent with domestic abusers?
In last Friday's Yellowknifer there were two stories relating to the sentencing of men convicted of assaulting their spouses. One 42-year-old man, convicted for the third time, was handed a 90-day sentence after terrorizing and repeatedly hitting and biting his wife. In another, a 45-year-old man was sentenced to 14 months in jail after fracturing his wife's skull following a night of drinking and arguing. It was also his third conviction for assaulting his wife. Conversely, a 29-year-old woman was handed six months of probation for assaulting her husband. Are our courts too lenient and inconsistent in handing down sentences in domestic abuse cases?
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