Bias against women

I was checking on the Carmelita Guiao case I read about in the paper, written by her father on July 7, 2014, in the Saipan Tribune. I did a little checking and I think he is correct. Male judges in the CNMI, in every instance I could find, give lighter sentences to men than to women for the same offense. I checked one for Judge Wiseman and nine for Judge Inos, all sentencing men for violence against women, some of them for the second or third time and some still on probation for earlier sentences. Draw your own conclusions. Then read the Guiao case and the sentence that Judge Inos imposed on this woman accused of violence against a man.

Judge David Wiseman’s case:
– A man accused of beating up his wife and threatening to kill her with a machete has been sentenced to four months in prison. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/man-gets-4-mos-for-beating-wife-resisting-arrest/)

Judge Perry Inos’ cases:

– “You are now a free man,” Inos told the 48-year-old Flores. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/judge-acquits-security-guard/)

– A man accused of relentlessly harassing his former girlfriend and beating her up was only convicted of disturbing the peace and was slapped with a 30-day prison sentence. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/domestic-violence-lands-man-in-prison-for-30-days/)

– Martin allegedly kept pushing the victim until they reached the abandoned house where he allegedly raped her. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/ex-convict-allegedly-rapes-former-girlfriend/).

– Judge Perry B. Inos sentenced Babauta to five years in prison, all suspended except for 30 months, without the possibility of parole, with credit for the 138 days he has already served in jail. According to the plea agreement, Babauta had sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/ex-house-bet-gets-30-month-sentence-for-sex-abuse/)

– A man who was charged with beating up his wife, trying to stab her with a kitchen knife, and slapping her daughter pleaded guilty and was given a six-month prison term. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/man-who-tried-to-stab-wife-gets-6-months-in-prison/)

– Defendant says no more alcohol, 10 days in jail turn him to a family man. Judge Inos has imposed a 30-day jail term on a man who beat up his wife before their two minor children.

(http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/man-gets-30-day-jail-term-for-beating-wife-before-2-children/)

– Last October, Superior Court associate judge Perry B. Inos slapped a 58-day jail term on Giovanni Sablan for assaulting his former girlfriend in the parking lot of Aquarius Hotel in Chalan Kanoa. Inos sentenced the defendant to a total of one year and six months, all suspended except for 58 days, for assault and battery, and disturbing the peace. Inos gave the 23-year-old defendant credit for the 58 days he already served in jail. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/ex-cpa-firefighter-on-probation-arrested-again/)

– Superior Court associate judge Perry B. Inos yesterday slapped a seven-day prison term against a man who punched his 17-year-old daughter for not studying and constantly cutting classes. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/man-gets-7-day-sentence-for-punching-daughter/)

– Inos on Monday sentenced Julio Litulumar Emangmai to three years in prison, all suspended except for 90 days, for assault with a dangerous weapon, with credit for time served. This mean the 25-year-old Emangmai will no longer serve further jail time. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/man-gets-90-day-sentence-for-beating-up-his-girlfriend/)

– And the Carmelita Guiao crimes for which she received 10 years in jail, not probation, on each, to run concurrent. Ten years for hitting him with a frying pan. They both might have benefited from anger management classes, which Judge Inos ordered several of his other defendants to get: January 6, 2012: Preliminary police investigation states that Guiao repeatedly struck the victim with a hot frying pan. Tarkong smelled a strong odor of alcoholic beverages in both the victim and Guiao. (http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/woman-attacks-husband-with-hot-frying-pan-burns-shoe/)

I am sure there are mitigating circumstances but the pattern is for leaner sentences and more help for men beating up women than the other way around. You decide. Time served, anger management classes, and keep these two idiots apart. I just hope the kids are grownups.

Gary DuBrall
Chalan Piao, Saipan