http://news.yahoo.com/parents-starved-son-death-face-decades-pennsylvania-prison-120617808.html

I know full well this is a minor pussy pass, but that's exacty why it's puzzling to me:

Judge John Cherry of Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas said Jarrod Tutko Sr., 39, and Kimberly Tutko, 40, were equally culpable in the death of Jarrod Tutko Jr. and the near-death of his sister Arianna, now 12.

He sentenced the father to 21 to 42 years in prison, and gave his wife a sentence of 20 to 40 years. Both had pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree murder and related offenses.

Well, your honor, if the two parents are equally guilty, why the symbolic 1-2 year inflation of the father's sentence? It's almost as though his white knight hindbrain simply coudn't help itself, even in the face of his logical forebrain saying they are equally guilty.