Double murderer Betty Broderick dies at Chino hospital

[AloeVera]

12. Women get longer sentences.

According to statistics compiled by the ACLU, women who kill their partners will spend an average of 15 years behind bars, while men who kill their female partners serve much shorter sentences, on average between 2 to 6 years. While most would agree homicide dictates a sizable prison stint, the question is, why are women being punished so much more harshly, especially when you consider this statistic: At least 90 percent of women in prison for killing men report having been abused by those men?

Some of the real-life cases compiled here reveal the shocking disparity:

https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-serve-longer-prison-sentences-after-killing-abusers#

There are of course added layers like race and socio-economic status. All of it is rotten.

I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend. How horrid at any age but especially at such a young age.