Please see below for links to media coverage of Justice for Women's many campaigns. Scroll down for coverage of specific cases that can be found under the individual's name.
General
Should These Women Be In Prison For Killing Their Alleged Abusers?, Broadly, 23 November 2018
Women who kill their partners are still being treated differently to men, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 10 July 2018
Harriet Wistrich: The lawyer holding the state to account when they let women down, iNews, 1 March 2018
Why are we still looking women up for killing their violent partners?, Telegraph, 25 October 2017
Bad Women: Do We Still Demonise Female Offenders?, The Platform, 15 January 2017
How The UK’s Domestic Abuse Laws Have Changed Since Sara Thornton Was Freed, Makers, 2 June 2016
Will Stacey Hyde’s acquittal finally change hearts and minds? Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 15 June 2015
Women's Mass Awaking, The Guardian, 4 August 2010
Driven to Kill, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 26 June 2009
An end to the easy way out, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 29 July 2008
Spotlight on Domestic Abuse Laws, BBC News, 29 July 2008
This one's for Emma, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 23 July 2008
Still taking abuse, Harriet Wistrich, The Guardian, 14 July 2005
Fatal Flaw, Harriet Wistrich, The Guardian, 3 March 2004
'Crime of passion' is no defence, The Guardian, 19 January 2003
This is about a life destroyed, a family destroyed, The Guardian, 28 October 1999
Abused wife who killed gets probation, The Guardian, 23 October 1999
No satisfaction, The Guardian, 25 May 1999
Emma-Jayne Magson:
Was this woman wrongly convicted of murder?, BBC News, 10 January 2019
Should These Women Be In Prison For Killing Their Alleged Abusers?, Broadly, 23 November 2018
Emma Jayne Magson: Woman jailed for life for murdering boyfriend had suffered physical abuse, mother says, The Independent, 14 November 2018
Charity planning appeal against murder conviction of boyfriend killer Emma-Jayne Magson, Leicester Mercury, 7 November 2017
Sally challen:
Sally Challen appeal: a ‘watershed moment’, The Justice Gap, 25 February 2019
Sally Challen’s sons: We want Mum’s murder conviction quashed so she can come home, The Telegraph, 23 February 2019
Sally Challen: Will 'coercive control' defence help overturn wife's murder conviction?, ITV News, 20 February 2019
My mother killed my father, but I want her freed, The Guardian Podcast, 19 February 2019
‘Our mother’s actions were the result of a life-long campaign of fear’, The Justice Gap, 18 February 2019
Coercive control appeal: Sally Challen murdered her husband with 20 hammer blows — now she says she’s a victim too, The Times, 17 February 2019
Dad’s abuse was drip-drip but, oh, how we suffered, The Times, 17 February 2019
‘Fear led our mother to kill our father. It wasn’t murder’, The Guardian, 17 February 2019
'It wasn't jealousy or rage, she suffered a lifelong campaign of abuse': Sons of Sally Challen, 64, who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer relive their trauma as they await landmark hearing that could see her murder conviction quashed, The Mail Online, 17 February 2019
Sons of mother who murdered their father hope she will walk free, The Metro, 17 February 2019
'My mum killed my dad with a hammer but I want her freed', BBC News, 3 January 2019
Brothers whose mum murdered their dad with hammer want her to be RELEASED, The Mirror, 3 January 2019
WIFE'S MURDER APPEAL Woman who killed ‘abusive’ husband has won permission to launch attempt to overturn murder conviction, The Sun, 22 December 2018
Should These Women Be In Prison For Killing Their Alleged Abusers?, Broadly, 23 November 2018
'Yes, mum killed dad, but she's NOT a murderer', Julie Bindel, The Daily Mail, 12 October 2018
'I miss him so much': why did a devoted wife kill the man she loved?, The Guardian, 29 September 2018
Sally's son, David, and Harriet Wistrich (Sally's lawyer) join Jenni Murray to discuss why he's campaigning for his mother and what the appeal could mean for other women who have been subject to coercive control.
This domestic abuse case might change the way women live, The Guardian, 11 March 2018
Sally Challen can appeal against conviction for murdering husband, The Times, 2 March 2018
Claygate woman wins bid to challenge conviction over husband's hammer murder, Get Surrey, 2 March 2018
David Challen: 'My Mum killed my Dad but I can understand why', The Telegraph, 2 March 2018
Woman who beat husband to death with hammer to appeal murder conviction due to 'decades of domestic abuse', Independent, 1 March 2018
The case of Sally Challen, who killed her husband, could set a precedent for women suffering domestic abuse, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 1 March 2018
Wife who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer after he raped and abused her wins her bid for an appeal, The Daily Mail, 1 March 2018
Surrey woman who killed husband can challenge murder conviction, The Guardian, 1 March 2018
Woman challenges conviction over husband´s hammer murder, Daily Mail, 1 March 2018
Woman appealing conviction over brutal murder of her husband at their £1million home claims he raped her amid 'campaign of emotional control overlooked at her trial', Mail on Sunday, 25 February 2018
'MY FATHER'S THE MONSTER' Yes my mum bludgeoned my dad to death with a hammer, but after 40 years of cruel mental abuse at his hands she’s the real victim, The Sun, 23 February 2018
An advance that could have the impact of DNA, The Times, 22 February 2018
Domestic violence needs a #MeToo moment, The Times, 21 February 2018
Harriet and David Challen, Sally's son, discussing the case and life with Richard Challen on Radio4 Today, 19 February 2018
'‘My mum murdered my dad. It was his fault’, The Times, 17 February 2018
Richard Challen death: Campaigners aim to overturn wife's conviction, BBC News, 25 October 2017
Harriet Wistrich discussing Sally's case on BBC Radio Surrey, 25 October 2017:
Farieissia Martin:
‘My best friend killed her violent partner’, Marie Claire, 11 February 2019
Dingle mum Farieissia Martin jailed for minimum of 13 years for murder of childhood sweetheart, Liverpool Echo, 9 June 2015
Kyle Farrell murder: Farieissia Martin jailed for life, BBC News, 9 June 2015
Stacey Hyde:
Stacey Hyde: I was branded a cold-hearted killer but that night it was him or me, Mirror, 13 June 2015
CPS’s blinkered approach to evidence in Stacey Hyde case, Stacey Hyde's defence team, The Guardian, 16 June 2015
Stacey Hyde: 'There are many more who need their cases re-examined', The Guardian, 11 June 2015
Stacey Hyde cleared of murdering friend’s violent boyfriend after retrial, The Times, 22 May 2015
Stacey Hyde’s story is a shocking insight into how the law treats young, abused women, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 22 May 2015
Young woman falls to her knees sobbing after retrial jury clears her of murdering friend's violent boyfriend, Daily Mail, 21 May 2015
Stacey Hyde cleared of murder at retrial, The Telegraph, 21 May 2015
Stacey Hyde cleared of murder in retrial, The Guardian, 21 May 2015
Stacey Hyde cleared of murdering Vincent Francis in retrial, BBC News, 21 May 2015
Justice for Stacey Hyde: A Frightened 17-Year-Old, The Huffington Post, 11 November 2015
Stacey Hyde wins appeal against murder conviction, The Guardian, 13 November 2014
Should we have jailed this teen girl for life for killing a violent man?, The Telegraph, 13 November 2014
Behind Stacey Hyde’s conviction for murder is a failed mental health system, Julie Bindel, 12 November 2014
Stacey Hyde: life imprisonment for 'acting out of fear', The Guardian, 26 November 2013
kirsty scamp
Released woman: ‘I still can’t go home to mum’, This is Kent, 30 July 2010
Kirsty is released from prison, This is Kent, 30 July 2010
Kent women freed after stabbing ‘never meant to kill’, BBC News Kent, 26 July 2010
Exclusive interview with Kirsty Scamp, KentOnline, 23 July 2010
Woman freed after winning murder conviction appeal, Kent News, 22 July 2010
Woman who stabbed boyfriend to death is freed because trial judge failed to properly direct jurors on victim's violent past, Daily Mail, 22 July 2010
Kent woman wins Sheerness murder appeal, BBC News Kent, 21 July 2010
Sharon Akers
Woman guilty of murdering lover, BBC News, 19 May 2004
Driven to Kill, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 26 June 2009
Jane Andrews
Killer ex-royal dresser Jane Andrews to be released, TheTelegraph, 21 May 2015
Former royal aide to leave prison after serving 14 years for murder, The Guardian, 21 May 2015
Jane Andrews to be released from prison, Independent, 21 May 2015
Duchess of York's killer aide Jane Andrews loses her bid to be freed from prison, The Telegraph, 27 April 2012
Was it really murder? Part I, The Guardian, 30 August 2003
Was it really murder? Part II, The Guardian, 30 August 2003
Josephine Smith
Judges free mother convicted of gun murder of abusive husband, The Telegraph, 5 November 2002
Court frees woman who shot abusive husband, Independent, 5 November 2002
Murder trauma set to be relived, Lynn News, 11 January 2002
'Battered' killer secures appeal, The Guardian, 8 January 2002
It was years before I believed he was dead, Independent, 25 September 2000
Donna Tinker
Knife-killing woman has murder ruling quashed, The Telegraph, 6 December 2002
Girl relives day mother turned killer, The Telegraph, 4 December 2002
Court hears of step-fathers threats, BBC News, 3 December 2002
Daughter's evidence could free battered wife, The Guardian, 24 November 2002
Zoora Shah
Straw cuts jail term for woman who killed 'abuser', The Guardian, 5 April 2000
Arsenic killer's sentence cut, BBC News, 4 April 2000
They both killed their partners. But which one got life?, Independent, 1 November 1999
This is about a life destroyed, a family destroyed, The Guardian, 28 October 1999
Should Zoora be serving 20 years?, The Irish Times, 23 November 1998
Arsenic killer loses appeal, BBC News, 30 April 1998
Somewhere in Britain, Independent, 22 February 1998
Diana Butler
Woman who killed violent partner gets probation, The Guardian, 2 October 1999
Woman who killed boyfriend walks free, BBC News, 1 October 1999
SARA THORNTON
How The UK’s Domestic Abuse Laws Have Changed Since Sara Thornton Was Freed, Makers, 2 June 2016
Sara Thornton is cleared of murder, Independent, 30 May 1996
Murder wife's pardon plea is rejected, Independent, 18 August 1993
EMMA HUMPHREYS
This one's for Emma, Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 23 July 2008
Self-portrait of a teenage killer, The Guardian, 10 November 2003
Woman who stabbed violent partner freed, Independent, 7 July 1995
also see:
The Map of My Life: The Story of Emma Humphreys (ISBN: 9780954634100) by Julie Bindel and Harriet Wistrich.
Janet Gardner
Battered woman is freed over killing, Independent, 30 October 1992
Kiranjit Ahluwalia
'I wanted him to stop hurting me', Julie Bindel, The Guardian, 4 April 2007
Killer given domestic violence award, BBC News, 12 November 2001
Brutalised wife appeals against murder verdict, Independent, 19 July 1992