zekko
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Here's another tale about women and the law:
I watched the most recent episode of "I Faked My Own Death" on the Discovery Channel the other day. In both cases, a guy got into legal problems over drugs and faked his death. In both cases, he got caught.
In the first case, the guy killed a hichhiker and burned his body to pass off as his own. (Makes you wonder about prosecuting "victimless crimes" - if it weren't for the war on drugs, that guy would still be alive.)
Anyway, his wife collected $250,000 life insurance when the death certificate was issued.
In the second case, the guy's wife came up with the idea of faking his death and helped him set up a blood spattered scene in his car where it looked like he was dragged off and transported elsewhere.
Now here's what I thought was strange. Both the guys went to jail. But in neither case were any charges pressed on the wife.
In the first case I can almost see why, because that guy was a dangerous sociopath. She could probably make a case she felt threatened if she didn't go along with it. Even though she did receive and control the life insurance money (she gave it back when they were caught).
But in the second case, the woman masterminded the whole thing. You'd think she would be held accountable. I didn't think the police were fond of investigating faked crime scenes.
So is this another case of the law being soft on women? If a male were in their place would they be prosecuted?
The only thing I can think of is maybe the guys agreed to plead guilty if their wives weren't prosecuted - although there was no information on this.
I watched the most recent episode of "I Faked My Own Death" on the Discovery Channel the other day. In both cases, a guy got into legal problems over drugs and faked his death. In both cases, he got caught.
In the first case, the guy killed a hichhiker and burned his body to pass off as his own. (Makes you wonder about prosecuting "victimless crimes" - if it weren't for the war on drugs, that guy would still be alive.)
Anyway, his wife collected $250,000 life insurance when the death certificate was issued.
In the second case, the guy's wife came up with the idea of faking his death and helped him set up a blood spattered scene in his car where it looked like he was dragged off and transported elsewhere.
Now here's what I thought was strange. Both the guys went to jail. But in neither case were any charges pressed on the wife.
In the first case I can almost see why, because that guy was a dangerous sociopath. She could probably make a case she felt threatened if she didn't go along with it. Even though she did receive and control the life insurance money (she gave it back when they were caught).
But in the second case, the woman masterminded the whole thing. You'd think she would be held accountable. I didn't think the police were fond of investigating faked crime scenes.
So is this another case of the law being soft on women? If a male were in their place would they be prosecuted?
The only thing I can think of is maybe the guys agreed to plead guilty if their wives weren't prosecuted - although there was no information on this.