Killed Women demands the new Government honours the Conservative’s commitment to change the outdated and misogynistic UK domestic homicide sentencing laws in support of murdered women and their families.
On average, in the UK perpetrators who kill in the home using a weapon kept in the home receive a sentence with a minimum prison term (starting tariff) before being considered for parole, of around ten years less than those killed out of home, due to out-of-date laws.
“We want the symbolism of these plaques to raise this issue in the House of Commons. The Government showed a refreshing approach to the riots this summer and we want this issue to be granted the same attention, in honouring the pledges made by the previous Government. While this won’t bring our loved ones home, at the very least, families of future victims will be consoled by the knowledge that justice has been served.”
Each bespoke plaque will include each woman's name, their life span, and then the words;' killed in the home’, the sentence given, and ‘Murder is murder, change the law.