12-years sentence for brutal wife killer

Ko e fakamaau'angaa ko e aofangatuku ia 'a hono fakamaau'i 'a e mamahi pea mo e launga 'a e kakaii. 'I 'Amelika ni ko e faka'ulia atu 'a e launga pea mo e ta'efiemalie 'a e kakai ki he ngaahi tautea 'a e kau fakamaau. Tautea ia e ni'ihi kuo to atu ia ki he lahi fakavalevalee ka 'oku ta'efe'unga ia mo e ki'i hia na'e faii 'i he anga sio 'a e kakaii. Ngaahi tautea ni'ihi kuo si'isi'i fakavalevale ia 'o fakatatau ki he hia fakalilifu na'e faii. Na'e 'i ai ki'i ta'ahine na'e 'rape' 'e ha tangata heni pea tafoki hake pe fakamaau ia 'o 'probation' 'a e tokotaha fai hia. Na'e 'i ai ki'i tamasi'i ta'u 17 'aha ongo matu'a koloa'ia, na'e faka'uli ia he me'alele 'o tui'i ha toko 4 'o mate pea tafoki hake pe fakamaau 'o 'probation' tamasi'i ko'eni pehe tokua 'oku uesia hono 'atamai 'ehe pa'anga'ia 'ene ongo matu'a. 'Osi pe ia pea hola ia mo 'ene fa'ee ki Mexico toki fakafoki he uike kuo 'osii. Fakatatau ki he fakamatalani ko e 'imisi totonu 'eni 'a hono 'abuse' 'o e hou'eki fafinee. Tafoki hake pe motu'a ia 'o lingi e ngako velaa mahalo na'e malohi ange ia he vela e afi na'e li kiai 'a Setaleki, Mesake mo 'Apitenikoo. 'Aki 'a e 'uhinga ke 'oua 'e toe manako ai ha taha?. Kapau 'oku 'ikai ko e tautea taupotu taha 'eni, na'e hilifaki 'ehe fakamaau'angaa ki he motu'a ko'eni. Ta 'oku 'ikai tokoni 'a e fakamaau'anga ia ki hono malu'i 'a hono 'abuse' 'o e kakai fefine 'I Tongaa Fakatatau ki he hia na'e faii kapau ko e tautea ma'olunga taha ko e ta'u 100 'oku totonu ke ngaue popula motu'a ko'eni he ta'u 100. Pea kapau ko e taupotu tahaa pe 'eni koe ta'u 12, ta 'oku 'ikai ha tokoni ia 'a e lao ke malu'i si'i kakai fefinee. Hange 'eni hano faka'ai'ai e matu'a ka manako tangata pe finemotu'aa, pea lingi 'aki ha ngako vela, pe tu'usi la'itelinga, pe 'ai ha me'a ke kui ke 'oua na'a toe manako ai ha motu'a kehe...........SAIA

The law needs to be tougher on crimes especially within the family. This also sounds more like murder than manslaughter.
If a husband suddenly in his rage decided to drive his car straight into his wife and she died of injuries, wouldnt that be considered murder? If the husband picked up a rock and hit her on the head with it and she died, would that be murder too? If they were fighting and he pushed her and she tripped and fell awkwardly on a sharp edge and she died, maybe that might be argued manslaughter. But the problem was the wife here was sleeping. They should've pushed for a bigger charge.