http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3617134.html
This video is about the murder of a 23 yeard old woman Sargun Raji, who was a victim of domestic violence. It shows the flaws in the restraining order system in which many of the violent spouses are easily able to outmaneuver and still harm the other spouse. As a result Sargun Raji was found with many stab wounds and was sexually assaulted numerous times.
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ReplyDeleteHey Peter, I couldn't get the link to work. Would you mind reposting it?
ReplyDeleteHere is a working link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/violent-death-prompts-rethink-of-restraining-orders/4330194
This was a very interesting story. I agree that this violent death should help the Government in rethinking protection orders and restraining orders. When it comes to protection orders there are three specific questions that should be asked after the protection order is in place. Those three questions are: 1) Has her life improved since the protection order? 2) Does she feel better about herself? 3) Does she feel safer with the protection order? After watching the video of Sargun Raji, I would say that it is obvious of the answers to these three questions. The protection order is also suppose to aim to reduce the abusive conduct of the victim. In this case it is apparent by the title (and the video) that abusive conduct was still there since Sargun Raji was murdered.
ReplyDeleteI found this video to also be very informative and I definitely think that the Government and others should work on making restraining orders better and safer for the victim.
Since this happened and Sargun Raji, who had a restraining order against her husband, was murdered, then I feel like something should be done with her husband. He shouldn't just be allowed to get away with this or stay in prison for the rest of his life. Something more should be done, but I don't know exactly what.
I agree with you Chelsea. But those questions you asked are only good in order to ensure that Sargun Raji FEELS safe, but is she really safe? And the question is clearly answered. She had a restraining order, but her husband was still able to kill her. Restraining orders are good only to an extent. I agree that the government should make restraining orders better and safer, but I cant think of any way to do this myself. It is up to the people involved in the restraining order to obied by it.
DeleteI think perhaps even some action other than a Restraining Order should be taken into account and/or replace the Restraining Order. Judging from the video, the concept of restraining orders is clearly not particularly effective. The lady whose ex-husband breached his restraining order 218 times?! Holy goodness people! One would think that some other sort of action WOULD have been taken before that number had gotten anywhere near 218! Something should certainly change that things are being handled. Not a restraining order but something. To reiterate what Chelsea said, something more should be done, but I don't know exactly what.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you on this point. There needs to be other actions put in place other than restraining orders that can protect these women. One time is enough to realize that clearly the restraining order isn't working, 218 times is ridiculous. The police/court system should be blamed for this absolutely horrid tragedy. The one woman in the video said her husband only had to pay $200 fine for telling her he was going to kill her. $200 fine?!? THAT IS IT?! One needs to be psychologically checked out for homicidal ideation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicidal_ideation (not the most scholarly website, but it serves the purpose)
DeleteProtection for these women needs to be much better, with the law being on the women's side, not absent like it was in these cases.
It is clearly a flawed system which needs an alternative, but realistically how much control do you want to hand over to the government? if these laws were more strict would they possibly infringing on others rights. I'm not defending this situation but it is something to consider when laws and restrictions are changed.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why something more oculdnt have been done. There us obviously something wrong with the system and if she was so scared that she couldnt even show up to court with all that security there is obviously something wrong there and shouldve been taken into consideration. i would say the courts are too blame and the proces needs to be re evaluated.
ReplyDeleteThe situation in this story is horrible. Something should have been done a long time before that happened. However, as others have pointed out, it is difficult to know what should be done. It is difficult to completely foresee and plan for certain situations without taking away the rights of others. When this does happen though, you would think that something more effective would have been implemented soon after the husband repeatedly breached the restraining order.
ReplyDeleteOur system is obviously flawed if someone can go against their restraining order that many times and not be punished more severely. I mean this cost a woman her life. Imagine how the family must feel knowing that she had tried and tried to get help and the courts didn't do anything effective for her. The saddest part here is that there are more and more cases similar to this and I have heard no news of anyone trying to fix the system in any way, shape, or form. We all talk about how it is so broken and yet no one does nothing to fix it.
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