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Ah I really need to sub that blog, it's a good read indeed. The conclusions is on the nail.
For me; male, female, smart, dumb, career or not, a prison sentence would not be the way to bring about reform, from what appears to be an isolated and idiotic incident. People make mistakes. But it sounds like the media are just biting on the scrap they can find.
I am very anti prison. I don't really belive in it as a punishment (leading to reform), but as a means of removing repeat and dangerous offenders from a society then cannot abide by.
skinny
Can't see the point in sending a first time offender to prison. It's not going to fix anything is it.
Let her stay out, make her attend anger management, counciling and drug rehab, until deemed safe and pay damages to the boyfriend for a good sum of her future earnings.
But sending her to jail isn't the answer, whether she's smart or not. The press just trying to whip up a story.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/16/oxford-university-lavinia-woodward-stabbed-boyfriend-may-avoid-jail