#IntimacyDiscount

Intimate partner who murders his female partner gets a lighter sentence because of #IntimacyDiscount
Murder is murder, no discount should be given. Murdering your partner is not a mitigating circumstance.

Just the most recent of endless examples from our Canadian legal system of why we need to #CallItFemicide Arif Virani.

#IntimacyDiscount strikes again.

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#CallItFemicide

Calgary man who drove over wife with U-Haul guilty of manslaughter, not murder: court of appeal
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“Ultimately Heather is gone. We can honour her life and do what we can to support her family but as a community we need to recognize the prevalence of intimate partner violence and the tragic outcomes that can result.” #femicide #intimacydiscount vernonmorningstar.com/news/manslaugh…

Andrew Thomas Cicchetti, Ph.D. (Cis, He/Him) I was just thinking exactly this the other day. Weird! End the #Intimacydiscount in Family Court

An Edmonton man convicted of killing his pregnant wife and dumping her body in a ditch has been granted full parole.
The Parole Board of Canada granted Michael White full parole in late May. #femicide #justice #intimacydiscount edmonton.ctvnews.ca/michael-white-…

#MothersAgainstZionism Yes, it's called the #IntimacyDiscount and it's a global phenomenon in a male-dominated criminal legal system.

We need to #CallItFemicide because...

Canadian Femicide Observatory Kelly McKenzie Absolutely. Good point. Did not intend to denigrate appropriate and consequential punishment.
#IntimacyDiscount & downright #Impunity for some femicides are nonnegotiable, internationally a disgrace.
#PleaDeals in this context are particularly perfidious.

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Research shows #IntimacyDiscount & plea bargains based on faulty #stereotypes means 1st degree murder seldom an outcome and...

Re #hate , Justice Canada's own case-law research showed sex/gender (i.e. #MVAWG ) was largely invisible, documented only 7 times in 40+ years.

Husband of Aurora woman, Helen Sedo, found guilty of manslaughter in her death

#CallItFemicide #IntimacyDiscount

newmarkettoday.ca/police-beat/hu… via NewmarketToday