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.