Quote: (10-21-2016 04:02 AM)[email protected] Wrote:
I'm surprised he got off completely. I thought they'd give him at least ten year sentence for manslaughter. Is Australia uncuckening itself?
I'm not a lawyer, but I work in the criminal justice system and have read hundreds of case histories , crime reports, and the related sentencing reports. The following is from a liberal state's cases.
I think he wasn't close to guilty of manslaughter.
Manslaughter is often a plea-bargained crime that was actually really more like a murder-- someone beat someone up really badly , the victim died, and the offender didn't have a long record and it wasn't gang-related or clearly planned, so to save work /money they'll deal and give him ten years for manslaughter.
There is generally clear, active violence towards the victim in manslaughter-- it's
slaughter.
This guy never really actively physically injured the girl.
He did, however, leave her locked up against her will, which where I worked could be kidnapping, which can have multi-decade sentences, but in this case was more like unlawful imprisonment; becuase he didn't have an intent to get ransom or the like.
Murder was really an outrageous charge, she absolutely killed herself by misadventure when she went free climbing drunk on the outside of an apartment building.
Since he was defending himself by locking her on the porch, I wouldn't even go for unlawful imprisonment, but something very minor like disorderly conduct. Her death was all her own stupidity.
But IMPORTANTLY, one should NEVER ( just because this case ended up with a fair verdict, although the initial charges were unfairly severe)-- expect the same result: as a man, you will always be 95% ( wild guess) more likely to have malice assumed as your motivator, and any harm that comes to a woman if she is with you will be consiered your responsibility. If you are bringing girls home and have no decent way to judge their stability ( a decent behavior sample over time, and some lengthy interviews about her relationships with men/her father)
I have NEVER seen a girl who complained of being raped that was stable. I'm sure there are totally innocent well-meaning girls who are raped, but so many of the ones that complain about it just have something missing and , yes, got themselves in the situation through dimwittedness or unconscious motivation, or reshaped the events to minimize their responsibilty. Or let's take the feminist viewpoint: Rape is such a horrible, horrible life-changing thing that it makes a previously stable perfect woman into an unstable powder keg. There, that covers any accusations of unfairness.
It's big borderline flag.
One should also assume that he is at great risk for losing a civil lawsuit ( IDK how Australia works) and he has a history of being charged with MURDER which will dampen many possibilities for the rest of this life. Often job apps ask if you've ever been CHARGED with a crime. Good luck explaining away a murder charge. "i wasn't convicted."