AFTER SHE STABBED HER BOYFRIEND AND ASSAULTED HIM IN OTHER WAYS
DURING AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG VIEWED ARGUMENT.
THE STUDENT IN
QUESTION IS LAVINIA WOULD WORD AND SHE IS STUDYING AT OXFORD TO
BECOME A SURGEON.
WHY IS IT SHE GETS AWAY WITH THIS?
WE'LL GET
TO THAT DETAIL IN JUST A SECOND BUT SHE IS 24 YEARS OLD.
SHE
STABBED HER BOYFRIEND IN THE LEG WITH THE BREAD KNIFE BEFORE
THROWING A LAPTOP, A GLASS, AND A JAM JAR TO HIM DURING A ROW
FUELED BY DRINK AND DRUGS.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE YAHOO
REPORTER ROSS MCGINNIS.
THE BOYFRIEND CALLED HER MOTHER ON
SKYPE FOR HELP, BUT WOULD WORD PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE BEFORE
PICKING UP THE BREAD KNIFE AND STABBING HIM IN THE LEG.
THIS
IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY VIOLENT EPISODE BUT THE JUDGE HAS
DECIDED THAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL SO SHE IS
UNLIKELY TO FACE ANY JAIL TIME.
IN FACT, HE IS POSTPONED THE
SENTENCING FOR MONTHS.
SHE WILL NOT BE SENTENCED UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
JUDGE IAN PRINGLE HAS DELAYED SENTENCES FOR FOUR
MONTHS AND INDICATED THAT WOODWARD MAY NOT BE JAILED
BECAUSE OF HER POTENTIAL.
LET ME GIVE YOU HIS EXACT HIS
EXACT QUOTE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF THIS WAS A ONE-OFF, A
COMPLETE ONE OUGHT TO PREVENT THIS EXTRAORDINARY ABLE YOUNG
LADY FROM NOW FOLLOWING HER LONG HELD DESIRE TO ENTER THE
PROFESSION SHE WITNESSED IT WOULD BE A SENTENCE WHICH WOULD
BE TOO SEVERE.
SHE STABBED SOMEONE WITH ADULT KNIFE.
SHE
STABBED SOMEONE.
I AM NOT SAYING DESTROY HER, BUT REALLY?
WHAT?
FIRST OF ALL TO BE FAIR TO HER, IT WAS JUST A BUTTER KNIFE.
YOU CAN'T GO AROUND STABBING PEOPLE.
THIS IS INSANE.
THERE
IS FAIR, IF THIS WAS A STORY ABOUT A DUDE DOING THIS TO HIS
GIRLFRIEND, PEOPLE WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLY OUTRAGED I KNOW
THIS IS A GENDER THING, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A PRIVILEGE THING
AND SHE IS A VERY CUTE, ATTRACTIVE, YOUNG WHITE GIRL.
TO BE FAIR TO HURT.
AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR HER AND I DON'T
FEEL THAT THAT SAME EMPATHY WOULD EXIST IN SIMILAR INSTANCES
OR SIMILAR CASES INVOLVING PEOPLE WHO LOOK DIFFERENT.
LET HER GO.
AND KITTING.
IT'S ADULT KNIFE.
LET'S GET REAL FOR A SECOND ARE THERE ISSUES A PRIVILEGE?
OF
COURSE.
NOW, THIS IS THE UK, DELICIOUS SAY, I CAN COMMENT
ABOUT THE UK.
I KNOW THE AMERICAN CONTEXT.
IF YOU HAD A
BLACK MALE STAB A WOMAN IN THE LEG WITH A KNIFE AND THEN THROW
A LAPTOP AT HER, A GLASS, JARRED HER.
WHILE ON DRUGS, BY THE WAY.
THE EXCUSE WAS NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS REALLY HIGH AND I
AM AN ADDICT.
INDIVIDUAL TO TRIAL.
SHE'S A MILAN, DO YOU KNOW THAT QUESTION MY.
USING ITALY WITH HER MOTHER.
WHAT?
I HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR ME.
HERE'S WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN TO IN AMERICA TO THAT BLACK MALE.
20 YEARS ABOUT.
AGAIN, LOOK, I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT
SAYING THROW THE BOOK AT HER.
SHE SHOULD BE IN PRISON FOR 50
YEARS BUT HERE'S THE THING, IT IS ASSAULT.
THE VERY MINIMUM IT'S ASSAULT AND IT IS INVOLVING A
POTENTIALLY DEADLY WEAPON.
I KNOW IT'S A DULL KNIFE BUT IT IS STILL A KNIFE.
I DON'T KNOW TOLD MAKES IT BETTER OR WORSE, BUT ANYWAY.
YOU CAN GO AROUND STABBING PEOPLE.
OF COURSE.
AND IF YOU
ARE A POOR WHITE KID OUT OF NEBRASKA AND YOU STAB SOMEONE,
YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING AWAY FOR 20 YEARS TO.
I THINK THAT IT'S
THESE JUDGES AND I SAID IT WAS THE SAME WITH THE STANFORD RAPE
CASE, THEY LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE AND THINK THEY ARE JUST
LIKE MY KID.
THAT'S A GOOD KID GOING TO STANFORD.
LOOKOUTS WE SHE LOOKS.
SHE WAS GOING TO ROCKFORD.
OXFORD.
SHE HAS ROSY CHEEKS AND BLONDE HAIR.
SHE DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE A CRIMINAL.
IS PROBABLY A ONE-OFF.
HOW OFTEN WHEN YOU'RE
POOR, AGAIN, DOES IT MATTER WHAT YOUR RACES.
IF YOU'RE POOR DO
NOT LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL.
WHEN YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE SAME
JUDGE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A ONE-OFF.
THEY DON'T THEY GIVE HER BRIGHT FUTURE AND OFF TO JAIL YOU GO.
THAT IS WHAT IS DRIVING EVERYBODY CRAZY THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD AND THAT IS WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT STILL DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND TO THIS DAY.
NOW I AM GOING TO EXTRAPOLATE A LOT
HERE BUT I BELIEVE IT.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE ALL OF
THESE ANTIESTABLISHMENT VOTES.
THIS WAY HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE
TRUMP VOTE THAT PEOPLE ARE PACE.
ENOUGH MAN, WHEN IT COMES TO
US, WE GET CRUSHED DAUGHTER WAGES ARE STAGNATING, THEY ARE
NOT GOING UP THAT WHEN WE GO IN FRONT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THEY
MALL US.
I GET A TICKET AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I CAMPAIGN
IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET MY PAYCHECK IN TIME OR HAD TO GET A
PAYDAY LOAN AND THEN IT'S DOUBLE AND TRIPLE AND I AM TOTALLY
SCREWED AND THEN SOMETIMES PUT YOU IN JAIL FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU
OH IT'S THE GOVERNMENT.
THEY WILL CRUSH YOU IN EVERY
CONCEIVABLE WAY AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE WEALTHY DOES SOMETHING,
I DO DECLARE.
SHE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE.
SHE WAS GOING TO
OXFORD.
SAY HI IN ITALY TO HER.
IF YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP THE COURT
AND YOU WERE POOR, THEY WOULDN'T ASSUME THAT YOU ARE FINE AND YOU
WILL SHOW UP LATER.
THEY WOULD PUT OUT AN ARREST WARRANT FOR
YOU AND GET YOU TO JAIL IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN THEY
WOULD PUT YOU AWAY FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS WHAT WERE PISSED
ABOUT.