A “culture of misogyny in the criminal justice system” is working against women and potentially seeing men get away with more lenient sentences, the Victims’ Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales have said.
The fears of Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs and Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC are laid bare in a joint letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland, and Attorney General Michael Ellis.
The commissioners for England and Wales are calling for an independent review for every domestic homicide.
Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs (Home Office/PA)
This would be known as a domestic homicide review (DHR) and comes as they fear that men receive more lenient sentences which do not reflect the seriousness of domestic abuse.
Culture of misogyny exists in the criminal justice system, commissioners say
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‘I am having to deal with chaos,’ Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland complained back in September, ‘thanks to a Labour Government passing, with incontinence, Criminal Justice Acts after Criminal Justice Acts.’
There are vastly conflicting visions from different parties for the struggling justice system, it is suggested by frank political comments. To shed some light on Her Majesty’s Opposition’s current position on criminal justice issues – including police brutality, high reoffending rates and the divides that exist between the police and public, and perhaps to settle the matter once and for all – interviews were arranged with Labour MPs Sarah Jones and Alex Cunningham. Both politicians have the role of scrutinising, appraising and criticising justice-related policies that are put forward by the Government. An interview with the Under-Secretary for the Courts was requested as well, but Chris Philp MP appeared to lack sufficient interest in the s
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When an NHS manager innocently used the phrase ‘cracking the whip’ during a meeting, she had no idea it would trigger legal proceedings that would end up costing her employer and the taxpayer thousands of pounds.
But a nurse who heard the expression which has its roots in farming was horrified, believing it to have ‘connotations of slavery’.
The incident occurred in 2017, but nurse Vivienne Okoh didn’t resign until two years later. Ms Okoh, who is black, sued North East London Foundation Trust claiming she had been a victim of racial discrimination, harassment and victimisation by manager Caroline Ward.
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