This makes a refreshing change.

[Mick-Talbot]

I often think that when it comes to Law & Order, women get off light.......... not this one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20560977

[anotheoldgit]

Don't speak too soon Mick, I can see an appeal on the horizon.

/// mother of three who was addicted to heroin and crack
cocaine, ///

Need I say more?

[ummmm]

What do you mean, AOG?

[emmie]

really, so you think women get an easier time

http://www.womeninprison.org.uk/statistics.php

[emmie]

AOG so male crackheads don't get appeals heard, or community service instead of jail, what on earth is wrong with you lot sometimes.

[anotheoldgit]

em10

/// AOG so male crackheads don't get appeals heard, or community service instead of jail, what on earth is wrong with you lot sometimes. ///

Calm down em, my reply was in no way an attempt at making a comparison between male and females.

I was merely replying to the OP's thread, stating that his exuberance over the sentence may be a little short lived.

I would have gave the same reply had the criminal been male, but of course leaving out the addition bonus for a reprieve, that being the fact that she had children, which is often a good trading weapon in such cases.

[ronnietoon]

mick i have to agree and disagree, my agreement is that women get lighter sentences than men.

[emmie]

some seem to think that women get lighter sentences because of their gender, i find that strange, and while we are about it men commit the majority of crime.

[anotheoldgit]

em10

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311004/Judges-ordered-mercy-women-criminals-deciding-sentences.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7401996.stm