At a time when as a nation we are taking positive steps to address domestic violence through the family violence amendments in the Family Law Act and through engaging all in the community to address violence against women through the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, the NSW Government is making a shameful retreat in the battle against domestic violence. Now Australia is in the process of abolishing the victim’s compensation scheme and replacing it with a scheme that will reduce compensation to a fraction of current levels, while ignoring the realities of domestic violence. What kind of people do we have running our government? Spineless cowards, by the looks of it. They focus so much on all the problems happening
Interstate restraining orders and common restraining orders are the necessary protective needs of many domestic violence victims. State laws vary, depends on the initial evaluation of victims fear and emotional distress to provide these orders(US legal, 2010). Courts may grant an ex parte restraining order in a family-violence case if it is necessary. This ensures prompt action where there is an immediate threat of danger from abuser. Governmental control over these laws ensures judges grant such orders only where there is an immediate danger of such abuse.
One example is Private LaVena Johnson in 2005 her death was ruled a suicide by the Department of Defense or DOD. During the autopsy of Johnson’s body they found wounds inconsistent of suicide. One in particular was the chemical burns, which are believed to have destroyed DNA evidence of rape. Immediately after the incident the Pentagon went to work trying to cover up any articles written about Johnson, intimidating reporters and editors. The scary thing is Johnson’s case in one of possibly twenty where female soldiers had suspicions deaths.
2010 were thousands of people that were executed, many of them in courts that don’t meet the international standards, and often without a proper attorney. One of the most shameful things with death penalty is when someone is executed but the person in question is innocent. It has happened many times, for example Timothy Evans. Imagine how it would feel if your daughter was murdered and you were accused of it. Not only was he accused and convicted for the murder but after his death he was pardoned because the found the real murderer!
He was accused of 2nd degree assault against his girl friend. Mr. David pled not guilty arguing it was a self-defense case. On November 3rd, 2010, Mr. Batty girlfriend went to the Emergency Room with a broken nose and blood all over her clothes. She then told the Nurse in charge of her that her boyfriend attacked her while she was driving him around. In fact, they were having an
Due Process Abstract This paper will discuss the concept of Due Process and how it affects the criminal justice system. In addition, the reader will also gain knowledge of how the adversarial system works. Also the rights of the accused and the process after a crime has been committed through post-arrest procedures will also be discussed in detail. Due process is envisioned to provide citizens of the United States with protection from government infringement on legal rights to life, liberty, and property without due process of law. The government cannot deny a defendant convicted of a capital crime of his or her life before the appeals process has been depleted.
They met in the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement. It was a period when marriages between whites and blacks were socially unacceptable. Richard’s family was especially racists and they partially disowned him when he professed his love for a black woman. He was nearly beaten to death by a group of locals because of his love for Marilyn, but they stayed together. They were together for over 30 years before Richard was shot dead in his own home and Marilyn was arrested for his murder.
Abuse & Mandated Reporting The case of Jerry Sandusky brought to the public eye the issue of child abuse and various authority figures’ responsibilities of reporting such suspected abuse. Back in 2011, Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, 68, was accused and convicted on 45 out of 48 counts related to sexually abusing young boys over the course of two decades; he was sentenced to life in prison (Wertheim 2012). Not only were Sandusky’s actions illegal (among other less appropriate adjectives that I might add) but also illegal were the actions, or lack thereof, of Gary Shultz, the Penn State senior vice president for finance and business, and Tim Curley, the Penn State athletic director. They knew details and has witnessed some of the allegations against Sandusky yet failed to report to the proper authorities; thus they were charged with perjury, as required by state law (Viera, 2012). Most people do not realize that failure to report child abuse is just as bad, and sometimes even worse than child abuse itself.
Domestic Violence, or spousal abuse, is one of the most appalling crimes in the criminal justice system. Domestic violence involves the abuse of an intimate partner through means of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual aggression. When most people think of domestic violence, the most frequent thought is the husband, or boyfriend, battering their defenseless female partner. What people fail to realize is that domestic violence does not happen strictly between heterosexual couples, same sex couples can become victims of battering as well. They can suffer much more than heterosexual victims.
Why is Domestic Violence so Prevalent in our Society? Abstract Domestic violence is a huge problem in the United States and other countries as well. Rasmussen, Hughes and Murray (2008) suggest that domestic violence result in more than two million injuries to women annually and needing medical attention. Domestic violence can happen to anyone but women are usually targeted and most often the abuse is overlooked, excused or denied. It is also one of the most under reported crimes that occur and the statistics only indicate individuals that finally have the courage to come forward to report that they have been abused.