"We Treat Women With Kids Gloves Versus Men..." Girl Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Stabbing

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]girl who stabbed her boyfriend to death has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. The stabbing happened back in 2024 when both she and the victim were just 17. I'm Jim Barry. CBS News Miami's Ivon Taylor is your reporter in Miami.

[00:00:15]He is live in the courtroom where that sentence was handed down just minutes ago. Ivonne, >> Jim, no question about the fact that it was a very emotional day. And let's keep in mind that the prosecutors, the state was asking for 20 years in prison for the defendant and 10-year provision. She actually got less. Let's take a listen to the moment when the judge actually read that sentency.

[00:00:39]>> The court will sentence you to 17 years in Florida state prison followed by 5 years of reporting probation. Special condition of that probation. you will have to go mental health evaluation.

[00:00:59]>> So, let's remember that it's Gara Malik.

[00:01:02]She actually uh was she pleaded guilty for manslaughter on stabbing and killing her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend Jakim uh Jakim Lar, a football uh football star player. And um so >> somebody says uh 17 years is ridiculous for murder kid gloves. Well, she took a plea deal. She took a manslaughter plea deal and that's why she got the lesser charge.

[00:01:29]She took the plea deal.

[00:01:30]>> Today we heard the relatives of both the victim and the defendant and the the families of the defendant say that they were asking for some sort of mercy for the girl because she had said that she had repented. Whereas the families of the victim were asking for justice to prevail because of the time that they have endured without his loved one, their loved one. So let's take a listen to the moment when the defendant Jakim uh Giara Jara Malik takes the stand and after that we'll see the we'll hear the victim's father.

[00:02:09]>> I was wrong for what I did and every day I sit and think about the damage I caused.

[00:02:17]The family wants me in prison, but I'm in my own prison for the rest of my life. That's how I had to identify my son, by a picture.

[00:02:28]And he died with his eyes closed and his mouth open like he was shocked. He was in disbelief.

[00:02:36]Imagine going through that.

[00:02:41]So, this this crime happened on December 20th of 2024 at an apartment building in Liberty City just a few minutes ago. Um, and I I don't know if you can see from uh right behind me the relatives of both the victim and the defendant. They came up close to microphones and address how they feel about this sentencing that was announced today. Evidently, we will have that coming up at 11 p.m. when both families speak of what it meant to have to hear this sentencing.

[00:03:12]>> This This is bad. This is a very, very, very bad situation >> and killing her ex-boyfriend victim's heartbroken family asking for justice as the defendant herself says she's sorry for what happened. Local T's Le Moon is live in Miami with the dramatic day in court. Leanne >> Nicole, the victim's family pulled no punches, telling the judge exactly how they felt about the investigation, the charges, and the sentence they'd like to see imposed in this case. The defendant herself was among several people who spoke on her behalf. But watch until the very end of this piece, and you'll see exactly what she had to say for herself just moments ago.

[00:03:51]It will always be a fact that you ARE A MURDERER. YOU ARE A DEMON SEED. That she said you a murderer. You a demon seed. Okay. So, here's the question that I have for you guys because I already covered this. I had covered this whole situation a while ago. I don't remember exactly what the timeline was, but I covered it. Here's my question to you guys. All right.

[00:04:23]What should she have got?

[00:04:30]Cuz it's no secret that we treat women different than we treat men justifiably.

[00:04:35]We don't look at girls in the same way that we look at men.

[00:04:44]We don't look at women in the same way that we look at men.

[00:04:55]It's just is it just is what it is. I hate to say it. Y'all say so you saying same treatment life in prison life. Come on. Stop.

[00:05:05]Stop. Stop. Stop. The reason why I say that y'all not being accurate right now is because there's men all day every day that get out of prison that killed somebody. Maybe if it's a heinous crime like the crime where I went through and I looked at the guy that dismembered his his mom or something like that. But it's people that take plea deals that be out of prison that kill somebody all day every day. So, I'm talking about in comparison to men, not specifically what you think she should have got, but in comparison to what a guy gets. Do y'all think that she got justifiably whatever it is that she was supposed to get?

[00:06:02]Just wondering, just asking because I I'll be honest with you. I look at women differently than men. I'm biased that way, but I'm able to admit my bias. I don't think that a lot of people are able to admit they bias. I see women in in a different lens than I see men. I see girls in a different lens than I see boys.

[00:06:23]And I'm wondering if I'm the only person that has bias.

[00:06:35]I don't think that I could be a judge. I don't think that that's my that that wouldn't be a good position for me because I know that I have bias. I know that it's difficult for me to be balanced in that way when it comes to looking at individuals and people.

[00:06:55]Williams says, "If you ask for equality, then should it be equal?" Nope. You know why?

[00:07:02]Cuz it's like a kid that run away from the house. It's like, man, listen, you know you a kid. You know that they don't know no better than for themselves. When I look at women in the culture today, right, separately from this, I'll be honest with you. When I look at women and the decisions that they make today, it makes me it it it's hilarious to me.

[00:07:21]I think that women are the dumbest and most skillful people that I've ever seen in my entire life. They have the ability to tame a tiger. They have the ability the only the only tangible thing that a woman has over a man in this society in this world is titties and box. That's it.

[00:07:48]That's the only thing that they have.

[00:07:49]They're not stronger than us. They're not faster than us. They're not smarter than us. They can't build more. They can't endure more. They shoulders don't h uh can't endure more. None of that.

[00:07:59]But for some reason, some way, somehow, they've been cunning enough to actually be able to exist in this society to where they've convinced culture that they're equal.

[00:08:11]They've convinced it. So when I look at women, because I'm a man's man, when I look at women in society and they say, "Oh my god, we want to be equal and ain't no man do this." I think it's hilarious to have conversations about. I think it's hilarious to react to. But in my mind, based off of my own personal experience, I laugh at women and I say, "Think about it. It's the reason why we don't hit women because we not really equal, right? We know that women say, "Yeah, let's be equal." And if a woman buck up on you, it's like, "Yeah, what you want to do?"

[00:08:42]And if she hits you, you also have the justification to be able to knock her teeth out. However, most men will be like, "Man, get this little hood rat up out of here, bro."

[00:08:56]That's how most men look at it. You know why? Because after all of the marching, all of the justification, all of the internet conversations, I know that I could beat the stank off of you. Not only can I beat the stank off of you, a 14-year-old boy can mollywop. It's the reason why we talk about the WNBA, right? We don't we will never under no I don't care how much they protest. I don't care how many NBA players go to the games. I don't care what kind of contracts that they get. A boys state championship high school team will absolutely destroy a WNBA championship team.

[00:09:36]It just is like we know this. We can argue about it. We can go back and forth about it. The reality is that they meet.

[00:09:45]You're me.

[00:09:48]It it just it so I it's impossible for me to see y'all as equals because I know that we're just different.

[00:09:57]It's different.

[00:10:01]If I if I see my girl sitting here whining and complaining, I mean, I'd be ignoring her. I ignore her like a child.

[00:10:08]Sometimes I take into consideration what she's saying and I ignore her cuz I know, oh, she just whining. Oh, you just want some attention. That's all it is. I look at you as a vulnerable thing. You can't do anything without me.

[00:10:22]You can't you can't survive without me.

[00:10:24]like you you're not going to be able to go out here and do you you go to a different country.

[00:10:31]We got to put extra protections in place so you don't get taken like Leah Nelson.

[00:10:36]We got to go and check which country you going to. Oh man, hold on. Wait a minute. You can't go over there. They'll take you out. You can't go outside past a certain time. But guys, we do what we want to do when we want to do it. If we want to go out at two in the morning, we just going out at two in the morning.

[00:10:50]I'll see you when I get back.

[00:10:55]You know why?

[00:10:57]Because we just can. We just do what we want to do. When I was a kid, when I was younger, right? And I'm talking about a teenager, 12, 13, 14, 15 year old. Summers, summers, the girls, and the girls in the family always complain. You know why?

[00:11:14]Cuz the furthest that they can go after the street lights was on was the porch.

[00:11:22]They just, this is the honest to god truth. The furthest that they can go.

[00:11:30]I'mma call a cousin of mine that I haven't talked to in a while. I don't even know if she can answer the phone.

[00:11:41]Hi, you've received.

[00:11:55]>> Hey, what's up, Anton?

[00:11:56]>> Hey, you busy? I'm on a live stream. I got a question to ask you.

[00:12:00]>> Okay, go ahead.

[00:12:02]>> How how old are we? Like age gap wise?

[00:12:06]Uh, two weeks apart.

[00:12:08]>> We two weeks apart. So we both in April.

[00:12:12]Two weeks apart. Literally.

[00:12:15]My mom and your mom are sisters. Right.

[00:12:18]>> All right. Cool. When y'all would come over my house back when we was teenagers and stuff and I was able to go out with my friends and stuff past the street lights and it was 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning and we would be around the block and playing football and running around. What would y'all have to do?

[00:12:37]>> Stay in the house.

[00:12:41]>> Was you act Was you mad at that at when y'all was younger?

[00:12:45]>> No.

[00:12:46]>> It was just the norm, right?

[00:12:48]>> Yeah.

[00:12:48]>> Why? Why do you think that is?

[00:12:51]>> Because we was girls and they they was trying to protect us.

[00:12:54]>> Thank you. I'll call you back.

[00:12:56]>> Okay. Bye.

[00:12:58]>> That was the norm.

[00:13:02]Wasn't no equal. Wasn't no equal in my family. Wasn't no equal in society.

[00:13:10]Wasn't there was no such thing as equal.

[00:13:14]The girls can come up to the door and come out on the porch and say hi and go back in. I'm the same. We the same age.

[00:13:24]I'm out in the streets. I was gone.

[00:13:28]Hey, where Anton at? Oh, I don't know.

[00:13:30]He said he'll be back. What time is it?

[00:13:32]1:45 a.m. All right, he'll be all right.

[00:13:36]The girls got to be in the house. It just it that's that was the expectation. It just was what it was. No exceptions, no explanation. They didn't have to explain it to them. The girls already knew that that's just what it was. Y'all stay in the house because you're a girl. Wasn't no equal. Wasn't no feminism. Wasn't no trying to figure it out. They got it.

[00:13:59]They stayed in the house. They figured it they they did something else. They did played in makeup or something. The boys, we out in these streets, man.

[00:14:12]So, I It's impossible. I have a difficult time relating to the men today that's on the internet or that be in a chat sometimes saying equal and all of this and other stuff. And I understand if you're trying to teach a girl a lesson or you're trying to teach a woman a lesson or whatever, but I don't take women serious in that way. I'm not I'm not I don't look at you the same because I wasn't my culture that I was raised in the way that I see things, the way that I see girls. I don't see y'all the way that y'all see y'allselves in society.

[00:14:47]I don't look at you in the same lens. I wasn't raised to see you as my equal.

[00:14:54]I was raised to see you as vulnerable.

[00:14:59]Smart but vulnerable. Easily taken advantage of but vulnerable.

[00:15:04]And so I it's hard in any capacity. I don't care if we talking about court sentencing. I don't care if we talking about relationships. I don't care if we talking about kids.

[00:15:17]I don't see it. It's hard for me to see it.

[00:15:29]So, that's why I asked the question to y'all because I'm I'm trying to get an understanding of how y'all see life and what do y'all when y'all see these cases or when y'all see women or y'all see crashes and stuff, do y'all see it in the same lens that I see it? Because I don't see it in the same way that y'all do.

[00:15:53]I look at you as as as oh this baby girl. Ah, she just whining, man. Don't even trip about it. I don't even take an argument from a woman the same as I take an argument with a guy. If I'm arguing with a guy, I'm like, man, I'm already thinking to myself and I'm planning out, all right, how is this going to go?

[00:16:09]Because I need to figure out if this is going to go left, if it's gonna go all the left, we got to crash out or what.

[00:16:17]If I see a woman arguing, I'll be like like, and I'm talking about in real life, if a chick is coming at me and she go, "Yeah, yeah.

[00:16:26]It's like a poodle.

[00:16:28]I'm a pit bull. I can maul you if I wanted to. I'm not interested. I don't even think about mauling you. I'm just like, man, man, why y'all arguing with her, bro? Man, don't even trip off that, man. Let her rock, bro. She Hey, man.

[00:16:42]She cool, bro. Just let them get it. Let them have it. They got it.

[00:16:49]Van says, "Absolutely not. Crime is crime. There's no coming back from death."

[00:16:55]Fair enough.

[00:16:58]Fair enough.

[00:17:01]D. Thomas says, "So your ideology is all based off of physicality.

[00:17:06]It's just based off of life. It's based off of nature. It's based off of the fact that I'm the owner of this earth.

[00:17:15]What do you mean? It's based off of that my ordination from God.

[00:17:21]God says that she's a help me. I don't look at her as anything less than. It's not just physical. The physical attributes actually feeds into what God why God said what he said. I can look at you and tell, "Oh, okay. That's why God said that she just to help me because she ain't built to really compete against me." We destroy him if we wanted to.