I don't think there is any question that women are treated more leniently in our justice system than men are and that just like in life, good looking people are treated more leniently than those who are not as good looking at all phases of the process.
It was brought up in this discussion relating to Noudga specifically. Given the full circumstances I listed previously, do you think a male would have had a different outcome? I don't think there is any reason to think that. In fact, I always thought that the reason she was thrown in jail in the first place was because she was such a repulsive, uncooperative, utterly self absorbed person. None of the males in the periphery faced any charges - not for their thefts and not for their role as after the fact gun and drug mules - even after several dishonest statements to the police. I think it's extremely hard to make a credible charge of gender bias that benefited Noudga in this case.