Over 65% of Domestic Violence Verdicts End in Suspended Sentences Despite Brutal Abuse Cases

By syzejna

An investigation by Detektor shows that over the past ten years, more than 65% of family violence verdicts against women in Tuzla Canton ended with suspended sentences, despite many cases being extremely serious. In one case, a woman, who called the police from her mother’s home out of fear of her abusive and insulting husband, […]

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