Allyson McConnell kills two boys. Mom convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 15 months, but could be paroled in less than a year. A psychiatrist testified the murders may have been an extension of her own desire for death.

Ma99ie · 2012-06-05T16:56:59+00:00

No double standard here. Keep moving. Nothing to see. Patriarchy was oppressing her, so she is not responsible.

imaphone · 2012-06-05T18:39:33+00:00

If the husband puts a bullet in her head on her way out of prison, I wouldn't be surprised, or saddened.

Nextasy · 2012-06-06T01:24:06+00:00

This is absolutely ridiculous. Manslaughter?

alaysian · 2012-06-05T16:26:16+00:00

its an actual sentence of 6 years, if you count the time served. That being said, this is still wrong no matter what you go through in a divorce. She ended two innocent lives.

inthemud · 2012-06-05T21:16:24+00:00

OT but This is something that I have often wondered: Since we all know that people are influenced by looks, gender, clothes, etc. then why do we not have judges and juries not be able to view the defendants or learn anything about their appearance or gender? Would keeping that type of bias inducing information be more to the core of producing fair judgments?

It is proven that women get lighter criminal sentences as opposed to men. If we took away their gender advantage by not allowing anyone in a role of judgment to know their gender (or at least to be able to look at them), I could almost guarantee that we would not see these huge discrepancies in sentencing.

I think that the MRM should actively pursue legislation along these lines as well as a whole host of other things.

SageofLightning · 2012-06-05T15:24:38+00:00

Note it is the UK. She got manslaughter because she "could not remember" committing the act(therefore they could not prove intent apparently). By the way that's 7 and a half months for killing each of her sons.