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Both these sentences are pathetic.
Borce Ristevski and Joseph Esmaili manslaughter sentences prompt calls for law reform
Yesterday's nine-year jail sentence imposed on Borce Ristevski, who hid his wife's body under logs and denied involvement in her death for years, immediately sparked outrage over sentencing laws in Victoria.
A day earlier, Joseph Esmaili was sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail for killing surgeon Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann with a single punch after an argument about smoking at a hospital.
One key difference is Esmaili was the first person to be sentenced under Victoria's one-punch laws, which mandate a minimum decade-long jail term
There is no equivalent legislation for sentencing in family violence matters, but the Victorian Opposition is using the Ristevski case to push for a parliamentary review.
Domestic Violence Victoria said the Ristevski sentence exposed "the limitations of the criminal justice system in delivering just outcomes in family violence matters".
"Today we received the message that taking a woman's life is worth six years of a man's life in prison," a DV Victoria statement said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-19/borce-ristevski-joseph-esmaili-different-manslaughter-sentences/11029858
It could be a wonderful legacy for Karen and her birth family if the uproar about Borce's paltry sentence will create a change in sentencing laws for the perpetrators of domestic murders and other perpetrators of 'manslaughter'.
It won't take the pain and unfairness away, in this and other cases, but it sure could help to gain justice for the relentless onslaught of future 'manslaughtered' people.