Never again will I accuse a man of hyperbole when he says American courts devalue male lives.
This is as bad as the days when men could kill wives if they claimed they caught them cheating.
Women could do the same......My step-father killed his first wife and her lover when he caught them both in bed at home, back in the 50's. IIRC, the CA law at the time said you had to kill both and had to be found "in the act". He was not charged.........
I recently read a book about sensational murder cases in Chicago during the 20s.
Several open and shut cases where women murdered their husbands in cold blood. Acquitted by the all male juries.
The musical and movie Chicago were (very) loosely based on these cases.