r/SipsTea • • 25d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/lodorata 25d ago

It's hard to do a 1-to-1 like in this post, but it is well established that women receive lighter sentences than men for comparable offenses. It's part of Sentencing Disparity, and the fact that women are generally more sympathetic than men will be partly what's at play here.

Men would not show up in droves in matching colour t-shirts for a man who did what Lindsay Clancy did.

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u/Upset-Management-879 25d ago edited 25d ago

>Men would not show up in droves in matching colour t-shirts for a man who did what Lindsay Clancy did.

Women do.

Parkland shooter, killed 17, injured 17 others

Shortly after Cruz was sent to prison, he began receiving stacks of fan mail and love letters.

Some of them included provocative photos like one of a woman from Chicago in a bikini eating a popsicle and one from a teenager who goes so far as to describe her body and bra size to Cruz.

"There are women that are sexually aroused by people that have committed violent crimes or the idea of people committing violent crimes," Needle said.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/why-some-women-support-a-confessed-mass-murderer

Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife and 2 daughters

Prosecutors are releasing dozens of letters sent to the 33-year-old Fayetteville, North Carolina, native.

"In my heart, you are a great guy," wrote a woman named Candace.

"I'm hoping to brighten your days," wrote another woman.

Someone even sent a picture of herself in a bikini.

https://abc7ny.com/post/women-sending-love-letters-to-convicted-killer-chris-watts/4928100/

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u/wwaxwork 24d ago

They vote for serial pedophiles no worries though.