What penalty does a 22 year old woman get for assaulting a 77 year old? Only a $500 fine!

What penalty does a 22 year old woman get for assaulting a 77 year old? Only a $500 fine!  There was also a 6-month suspended sentence that runs out in two weeks, so it's really just the $500 fine.  Now, if a man had done the same thing there'd be real jail time, but, you know, we can't punish women for their stupid decisions.

I also notice how the 22 year old begins claiming victim status because of alleged threats against her following her extremely lenient sentence.  Maybe the people making threats weren't happy with her light sentence either.  My guess is that more people are going to issue threats against people who don't get appropriately punished for their crimes.  Not that I'm advocating for vigilante justice, but if that were your grandmother who was assaulted in public with no provocation and the judge issued only a two-month suspended sentence and a $500 fine, would you be happy that 'justice had been served'?

Perhaps there'd be less threats against criminals if there was a perception they were being properly punished for their crimes.

Please note that the original sentence was only a two-month suspended sentence and was appealed up to six months.  So, apparently being told to keep your record clean for three times longer is actually a punishment.  To the rest of that it's a part of 'normal' functioning.

I also wonder when the media will actually start to notice the disparity in sentencing between men and women, but that's a whole different discussion.