I fucking HATE the provocation defense. It makes me see red with rage. It's such utter nonsense in the way it's used, especially when you realize that it's usually used for men, and get these statistics:
Men who kill their wives average 4 years of jail time. Women who kill their husbands average 20*
Know why? Because a woman should just put up with it or walk away, but he's PROVOKED. And yet women are the hysterical, overemotional sex.
Sorry that's a tangent, your mother's defense of this guy's behavior has me spitting mad.
*Granted, I believe these numbers are from a decade ago or so, but provocation is still a pretty commonly used defense for why men just "snap."
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Date: 2009-07-03 06:35 pm (UTC)Men who kill their wives average 4 years of jail time.
Women who kill their husbands average 20*
Know why? Because a woman should just put up with it or walk away, but he's PROVOKED. And yet women are the hysterical, overemotional sex.
Sorry that's a tangent, your mother's defense of this guy's behavior has me spitting mad.
*Granted, I believe these numbers are from a decade ago or so, but provocation is still a pretty commonly used defense for why men just "snap."