The Court System's Unequal Justice For Victims With Disabilities
A look at the justice system's bias against people with disabilities.
The message is that murder is a reasonable response to disability, and courts will treat you lightly if you murder a disabled child, parent or spouse.
— David Perry, disability rights activist and author of a new report by the Ruderman Family Foundation that studied more than 200 deaths from 2011 to 2015. The report found that someone with a disability is killed every week by their caregiver, and the court system tends to be much more lenient in those circumstances. You can read the full report here.
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