She killed her husband in cold blood (shot him in the back while he was in the bathroom), amazingly her battered woman syndrome story didn't stick and the jury convicted her (edit: As pointed out below, she was only convicted of a lesser charge, so I guess her pass was working that day), she also lost an appeal. But check this...
Albion is a medium level security prison where Sheehan lives as part of a Trauma Unit occupied by formerly battered and abused women. After scoring exceptionally high on prison evaluation screening tests, Sheehan got a position as a nurse’s aide at the facility.
Family can visit the prison once a week, on alternating Saturdays and Sundays. A maximum of 5 visitors are allowed each visiting day. But travelling to the prison is a hardship on the family who must drive 398 miles for an average of 7 hours each way and incur the cost of overnight lodging. Flights to the area average $500 per person for the round-trip fare.
Sheehan has been placed in a section of the prison where other battered and abused trauma unit woman are in residence and has access to an exercise yard and a gym. She is working on keeping fit and restoring her health and has lost a total of over 80 lbs. since her incarceration.
Sentenced to 5 years, with what she had served prior and up until now, the remaining time looks to be nearly 3 years and 7 months. There are options, including a work release program which could find Sheehan in a job 5 days a week and back to a correctional facility for the weekends. Qualifying for the program however can be very difficult and the procedure is stringent and insiders say it doesn’t represent anything “likely to happen in the near future.”
Even if a woman is convicted of killing her husband, she's assumed to be a victim and treated with kids gloves. I seriously doubt any men's prison has a "battered husband unit." Here's a similar case only the murderer is male. 25 years to life, prosecutors wanted the death penalty at one point. I tried to find out what prison he's in but turned up blank.
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[–] Pwning4Ever 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Men are more successful because they don't get womans privilege.
[–] pcy623 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
For real feminists (egalitarians) they will see that people in general do better under more strict fail conditions than under softer fail conditions.
[–] SherlockHomeslice 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago (edited ago)
Only 5 years for murdering her husband. With an exercise yard and gym. Okay, sure. That isn't completely bullshit or anything because every woman is a victim in one way or another!
Went back and read the article, she's only facing a secondary gun charge. Not for shooting a police sergeant or anything.
[–] Broc_Lia [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
A couple of others pointed this out. This was the sixth or seventh article I read about her and I thought she'd been convicted. That doesn't change anything though, the crime and punishment remain the same.
[–] SherlockHomeslice 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Sorry everyone is shitting on you, OP. I just meant to say it's stupid that a freakin' gun charge is all she got slapped with. Killing a cop is usually a pretty heavy sentence, so I think it's silly that she was acquitted of such a large charge.
[–] 3339081? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Where I live a girl killed her baby brother and parents, and did not get any real jail time.
[–] mukt 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
All men are born equal, but women are more equal than others.
[–] shoracer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well she didn't understand the rules to Marry, Fuck, Kill.
[–] thibovir 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
Did anyone read the articles? She was acquitted of murder by the Jury and is serving time for a gun charge. The male in the other article posted a picture of her dead body and WAS. FOUND. GUILTY. by jury. Been reading long? Wait. You guys are joking, right?
[–] Broc_Lia [S] ago (edited ago)
You're right, she was aquitted, which makes it even worse.
And he was found guilty and not even permitted to mount the same defence she did. Despite very similar facts.
[–] TheBigBlabberMouth 8 points -1 points 7 points (+7|-8) ago
Yeah fuck women to the depth of hell. Never give them the power.
It makes you wonder about what really happen in Salem.
Fucking whores.
Don't marry ever!
[–] Broc_Lia [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wtf?
[–] GrifTheYellowGuy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think he's an actual misogynist.
[–] darkmuffin 5 points -2 points 3 points (+3|-5) ago
Do your research about prison conditions, please. Most sources (here is the APA) find women's services in prison to actually be lacking when compared to the programs offered to men. Also, the conditions for medium level security are the same for men and women.. She was acquitted on the murder charge and is actually serving for a different offense as per your article. If she had been found guilty, it'd be highly unlikely she would have gone to Albion according to New York law, she would have probably gone to Bedford Hills, a maximum security prison. There are no kid gloves here, you are just twisting the topic.
Abuse of any kind is a very serious thing which should not be diminutized because of gender. You may find this site of value, which campaigns to raise awareness for domestic violence against men and tries to get prisons to adopt programs for battered men.
[–] Broc_Lia [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
Nope. And that's not even going into overcrowding/guard numbers.
So she wasn't even convicted? That hardly makes the situation any better, and definitely constitutes being handled with kid gloves.
All I'm calling for is equality. If the defence works for women it should work for men too.