No jail for woman who murdered her husband

Amber Cummings pumped two slugs into her husband's head as he slept. The judge did not sentence her to any jail time for the murder.

The sentence, no jail time for murdering her husband, just gives the green light to women who want to be judge, jury and executioner.

The murderer, Amber Cummings convinced the judge she had no options. Baloney! She did not even take the stand in her defense. Why not?

How many times does one have to assault you before you decide to leave? She did make the decision to leave when she pumped two bullets into the head of her husband, James Cummings. She could have left five minutes before, but, she simply decided to get revenge before she left.

The usual argument in the battered woman syndrome is that the woman is a psychological prisoner. Never would a man get to use this defense! If women are so weak, why are they allowed to have equal positions of power as men in society?

After the murder the FBI found evidence the victim was a neo Nazi who was building a bomb. Amber Cummings knew this. Why did she not tell the FBI before she killed her husband James Cummings? She would have then been free.

With the domestic laws of today it would have been a simply matter for her to get a restraining order aginst her husband. It looks bad for the police who always claim they are here to protect us. Why did Amber not feel like the police could protect her?

The poll taken by the Bangor Daily News shows a shocking 79% of the respondents do not think Cummings should receive jail time. I suspect the Maine Yankees think all neo Nazis should be killed.

Is it right to approve murdering members of a group we do not like? Could Judge Hjelm let his Jewish heritage influence his decision to not put Amber Cummings in jail because she killed a neo Nazi?

Men, we are living in the ages of the Salem witch trials. A man's life is worth less than a dog's. Michael Vick got more time for dog fighting than Cummings got for murdering a man. Men in relationships with American women are living with the Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.

Women not only have custody of the children, they also have custody of the men.

"Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious." Oscar Wilde

Charles Tolleson