It’s rare for Italian lawmakers from across the political spectrum to agree on anything. But on Tuesday, the lower house of Parliament unanimously ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into Italy’s criminal code, punishable by life in prison.
(title from entry in NYT’s The Morning newsletter)
As domestic violence survivors this is a great start and more countries should follow however i do believe their should be harsher laws regarding domestic assault. Often times they let go , scott free of any charges because of he said /she said even with evidence . Since they do not face any real consequences it can eventually escalate to femicide . They need to be stopped before it gets to that point .
Penalties for homicide in Italy, are generally still harsh enough that increasing them won’t realistically make a difference.
But this kind of murder is most often an escalation, and so the chance for prevention exists. But that sounds hard, increasing the penalty for the murder to life +5 yeas is easy.