Domestic Violence

I think that my main point regarding this proposed change in the law is that each case needs to be judged on its merits and that perhaps the charge of murder should remain ,but there should be more attention given to the past history of a relationship and a detailed assessment of the man or woman who has killed an abusive partner. Women do need protection, but the best way would be to make domestic violence an automatic crime that is prosecuted by the state. It should also mean an automatic jail sentence as it does in Canada.

Surely if any change in the law is to be made it should be with the aim of preventing both further abuse and a possible consequential murder - rather than altering the charge.