Comments on: Women who smuggle drugs into Costa Rica prisons will face lighter sentences https://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: Fhuh Kewhttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/#comment-6139 Fhuh Kew Tue, 03 Dec 2013 10:50:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=12306#comment-6139 Now Ken. When have you ever heard of a rational Tico ? Don Pepe died years ago.
If any laws should be written one should be to never allow those two words on a sheet of paper together.

]]> By: mhoganhttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/#comment-6137 mhogan Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:00:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=12306#comment-6137 Gender equality — seems one gender is more equal than the other.

]]> By: Ken Morrishttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/#comment-6136 Ken Morris Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:47:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=12306#comment-6136 Agree with the other posts. The deepest irony is how this belittles women by presupposing that they are less able to act responsibly and are more vulnerable to pressures than men. This is sexism against women (as well as men) in the name of feminism, and I can’t fathom a rational person writing it into law. It’s fine if a judge considers these kinds of circumstances in any given case, but a blanket law is simply wrong.

]]> By: expatin paradisehttps://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/#comment-6131 expatin paradise Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:21:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=12306#comment-6131 Women always get off easier by the courts, as is evidenced by the fact that only 7% of prisoners are women. Why aren’t the courts allowed to give same considerations to men who are “living in poverty, heads of households, those who are responsible for minors, older adults in vulnerable situations and the disabled?” Don’t their families suffer hardships when they are incarcerated?

Assuming that women are victims and giving them special consideration simply because they are women will never result in the gender equality to which this government pays lip service. With this measure, the government is essentially declaring women “the weaker sex” and ensuring that gender equality will not be seen in Costa Rica any time soon.

]]> By: toolman78https://insidecostarica.com/2013/12/02/women-smuggle-drugs-costa-rica-prisons-will-face-lighter-sentences/#comment-6129 toolman78 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:31:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=12306#comment-6129 Giving women special treatment, how is that not unconstitutional? As far as I know they have something about gender equality in there somewhere. The idea isn’t bad but the wording needs to lose any reference to gender and focus on the socioeconomic position of the criminal.

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