women who beat up men?
I read the story below and wondered in DR what laws prevent women from beating men?
DA authorized jail for family violence
The Listin Diario reports that the District Attorney for the National District (Santo Domingo) has instructed his team to arrest any men found to have abused or beaten their partners. These orders circumvent the new rules that require a judge's warrant to make an arrest. Women's groups had protested that the new legalities would expose wives to more family violence. Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez ordered the district attorneys and police officers to handle all complaints of family violence by arresting the aggressors without need for a judge's arrest warrant, because in these cases there is flagrant evidence and an arrest is the appropriate action. The new Penal Code has been sharply criticized by many jurists, including Blas Santana, the department director for the UTESA Law School. Santana told reporters from La Informacion in Santiago that there is a strong possibility the application of the new code could provoke what he called "extra-judicial deaths," referring to possible police excesses. When the Attorney General dictated that no arrests were to be made without a judicial arrest warrant, the department that handles children's affairs felt an increase in the abuse suffered by women and children would be provoked. District Attorney Aristy Caraballo pointed out to reporters that there are exceptions to the rule necessitating a judicial warrant for an arrest to be made. According to Aristy, there are references in Article 223 of the Penal Code to flagrant crimes and Article 234 specifically mentions intra-family violence. Women and children who have been beaten are enough evidence to merit an arrest by police and local ADAs.
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