Press Coverage — Justice for Women

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

Justice for Women co-founder, Harriet Wistrich speaks with Helena Kennedy QC and Heather Savage (friend of Farieissia Martin) on the Victoria Derbyshire Show 25th October 2017

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