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    Natasha Dobler, representing a coalition of over 20 agencies working to end violence against women in Hamilton, provides a victim impact statement regarding the killing of Tania Cowell by an intimate partner. The statement expresses outrage that another woman has been killed, says the verdict sends the wrong message that women are to blame and abusers may literally "get away with murder", and urges the court to send a strong, clear message that victims are never to blame, their safety is paramount, abusers will be held accountable, and violence against women and children will not be tolerated.

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    Natasha Dobler, representing a coalition of over 20 agencies working to end violence against women in Hamilton, provides a victim impact statement regarding the killing of Tania Cowell by an intimate partner. The statement expresses outrage that another woman has been killed, says the verdict sends the wrong message that women are to blame and abusers may literally "get away with murder", and urges the court to send a strong, clear message that victims are never to blame, their safety is paramount, abusers will be held accountable, and violence against women and children will not be tolerated.

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    Natasha Dobler, representing a coalition of over 20 agencies working to end violence against women in Hamilton, provides a victim impact statement regarding the killing of Tania Cowell by an intimate partner. The statement expresses outrage that another woman has been killed, says the verdict sends the wrong message that women are to blame and abusers may literally "get away with murder", and urges the court to send a strong, clear message that victims are never to blame, their safety is paramount, abusers will be held accountable, and violence against women and children will not be tolerated.

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    Natasha Dobler, representing a coalition of over 20 agencies working to end violence against women in Hamilton, provides a victim impact statement regarding the killing of Tania Cowell by an intimate partner. The statement expresses outrage that another woman has been killed, says the verdict sends the wrong message that women are to blame and abusers may literally "get away with murder", and urges the court to send a strong, clear message that victims are never to blame, their safety is paramount, abusers will be held accountable, and violence against women and children will not be tolerated.

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    Victim Impact Statement Community

    My name is Natasha Dobler and Im the Chair of the Hamilton


    Woman Abuse Working Group and the local Violence Against Women
    Coordinating Committee. Im here today, representing a coalition of over 20
    agencies in the city of Hamilton working to end violence against women. We
    support efforts through advocacy, education, and leadership to engage the
    community to end violence against women, and their children, by working
    to remove systemic barriers that perpetuate this violence.
    We are shocked, outraged, and distraught that yet another woman in
    our community has been killed at the hands of intimate partner violence.
    Tania Cowell was ripped from the fabric of our community, from her family
    and friends, and from her 5 month old son, Bailun. The horror and fear and
    helplessness she must have felt in her last few breaths, must never happen
    again, to any other woman. The devastating impact of this death, and the
    resulting manslaughter verdict will have a harmful ripple effect across our
    country and throughout our society. It is our sincere hope that the court will
    take the magnitude and significance of this influence into consideration.
    No woman ever deserves to be abused or killed. The long held belief
    that victims of domestic violence somehow caused or provoked the violence
    perpetrated upon them, is false, misleading, unjust, and outdated. This court,
    and your Honour, have the opportunity to reaffirm that victims are not to be
    blamed!
    We are terrified that the message this verdict sends to women living in
    abusive relationships, will increase the fear of reaching out for help, or
    reporting to police in our community. Women are already afraid of leaving
    abusive relationships for many reasons, the fear of not being believed, the
    difficulties of navigating family court, the difficulties of enforcing
    restraining orders, the lack of affordable and secure housing, the fear for the
    safety of their children, and the fear of being killed. The criminal justice
    system was not able to save Tanias life, but it does have the ability to send a
    strong, clear message today. The message that womens lives and their
    safety matter.
    We are horrified and infuriated that the message being sent to abusers
    is that they could literally get away with murder. The court has the ability,
    and the moral duty, to change this message by holding Tania Cowells
    perpetrator fully responsible and accountable for his actions.
    We are concerned about the impact on the children in our community,
    as well as the fear and sense of not feeling safe for those children whose
    mothers are in harms way. We have an overall sense of outrage on the part

    of community members who value children and are working to make


    Hamilton the best place to raise a child.
    We implore this court to send a strong, clear message to our
    Community that victims are never to be blamed for abuse, that their safety is
    paramount, that the criminal justice system will hold abusers accountable for
    the crimes that they commit, that Hamilton is a safe place to raise a child,
    and that violence against women and their children, in all its forms, will not
    be tolerated by our community.
    Thank you for allowing our community to have a voice.

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