Why do men get away with killing women – is there an amnesty on male violence? by Julie Bindel, published in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/20/men-killing-women-cuts-refuges-legal-aid
Significant cuts to legal aid are also a massive barrier for many women seeking injunctions against abusive ex-partners, as is the fact that there are many migrant women with no recourse to public fundswho are often turned away from refuges. And since former justice secretary Chris Grayling’s disastrous reforms to the probation service, more male offenders with histories of serious violence towards women are being classed as “low” or “medium” risk and released from prison.
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