Sarah Harte: Judges must be retrained to deal with domestic abuse sentencing

'We have to be heard, we want the cycle to change, the law must change'

Victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence should not have to be retraumatised when they go to court. Picture: iStock

WHY DO we continue to minimise violence against women?

More specifically, why do our courts hand down insultingly light sentences to men who commit life-changing crimes against women?