Domestic Violence Not Taken Seriously

http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2011-05-20-domestic-violence-act-not-taken-seriously

This article ties in with our last class since we talked about domestic violence. This article states that their are many cases that when spouses have came to police to report domestic violence, that there case wasn't taken seriously and they ended up being murdered by their partner because the proper steps weren't taken. The Domestic Violence Act of 2007 was put in place to help in the advancement of women in Zimbabwe.A prosecutor allegedly beat his wife and placed a hot iron on her buttocks, raped her six times and then shoved hot spices into her reproductive organ. Those 6 rapings happened throughout the night . They alleged rapist was only held on $100 bail. The man bragged to his wife that he was untouchable because he was a lawyer in the attorney generals office .This just shows how people that work in the law no how to commit crimes and get out of them.

-Dennis Brown