Dirty Laundry: The Divorce Podcast

S4 E31: Suing the Government Over a Justice System That's Failing Survivors — with Kathryn Marshall

Alex Howard, Amanda Silver, RTF Productions

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Hundreds of domestic violence and sexual assault cases are being thrown out before they ever get to trial. Abusers are walking away with no criminal record and nothing on their file. And survivors are being silenced in the process.

Kathryn Marshall of Marshall Law is suing the federal government over it. In this episode she breaks down exactly how the justice system is failing abuse survivors, why she now tells some clients to skip criminal court entirely, and what it actually looks like to take the government to court.

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