Show Notes
Women are being failed by the Northern Irish judicial system as violent criminals who attack women are disproportionately handed suspended sentences, leaving women vulnerable to reattack and telling men that violence against women and girls is essentially decriminalised. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting compares three cases of domestic abuse in the Northern Irish judicial system with three cases in England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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