[thoughtomator]

Neither attempted to deny their crime, and they were both convicted and sentenced to prison — eight years for him and five for her.

Um, WTF? Same exact crime, yet he got 60% more jail time? Is this pure anti-male bias or is there more to it?

[biblewonk]

Um, WTF? Same exact crime, yet he got 60% more jail time? Is this pure anti-male bias or is there more to it?

That bothered me more than any other aspect of this whole thing actually.

[bk1000]

" Um, WTF? Same exact crime, yet he got 60% more jail time? Is this pure anti-male bias or is there more to it?"

Had he married his brother instead of his sister there would be no problem.

[Ichneumon]

[Neither attempted to deny their crime, and they were both convicted and sentenced to prison — eight years for him and five for her.]

Um, WTF? Same exact crime, yet he got 60% more jail time? Is this pure anti-male bias or is there more to it?

It might be something as simple as different judges/juries. They were probably tried separately, and maybe his judge/jury just had stronger feelings about sentencing than hers did. If he had instead been tried by her judge/jury and vice/versa, she might have been the one to get eight years, and he could have gotten five.

There could be a lot of factors involved in the different lengths of the terms, not necessarily having to do with any anti-male bias.

[WOSG]

I'd vote for 'pure anti-male bias' which is rampant in courts of law. Dontcha know, its the man's fault.