Ibuyiselwe ngo-Ephreli 4, 2024
2: 47 pm
By Jordan Laird
Indoda eneminyaka engu-31 ubudala yavuma eNkantolo eNkulu yaseFranklin ukuthi yahlasela owayeyintombi yayo ngaphakathi endlini yayo eColumbus' West Side ngo-Agasti odlule. Wamshaya amahlandla amathathu ebusweni wamcindezela entanyeni imizuzwana engu-10 kuya kwengu-15, kwamenza waba nekhanda elilula.
Exolisa ngeledlule enkantolo kowesifazane obengekho, uthe usezozenza ngcono.
Umsolwa ulivumile icala lokuklinya futhi iJaji uKaren Phipps wamgweba izinyanga eziyisithupha ejele, isigwebo esinconyiwe esivumelwaneni sokuvuma icala. Njengoba izinsuku ezingu-163 (izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezinhlanu) esezichithe ejele, uzophuma emasontweni ambalwa.
Amakhulu abantu baseFranklin County abekwe amacala okuklinywa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi Umthetho wase-Ohio washintsha ngonyaka odlule ngo-April 4, 2023 okwenza icala libe yicala elibekwe eceleni elihlukene nodlame lwasekhaya.
Kodwa bambalwa abamangalelwa abake balahlwa yicala futhi bagwetshwa ejele.
Ngisho noma kungabulali, ukunqamula ukuphefumula komuntu kungamenza alahlekelwe ukwazi ngemizuzwana, kuholele ekulimaleni kwesikhashana noma unomphela kwengqondo futhi kube yisibikezelo sodlame oluzayo njengoba izisulu zokuklinywa ziphindwe kasikhombisa. maningi amathuba okuthi kamuva babulawe umhlukumezi wabo, ngokusho kukaMaria York, umqondisi wenqubomgomo e-Ohio Domestic Violence Network.
Abasanda kuqeqeshwa ngobucayi bobugebengu kanye nendlela yokubuza izisulu ngabo, abomthetho baseFranklin County babeke abantu icala lokuklinywa emacaleni angaphezu kuka-810 ngonyaka odlule, okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili lokho iziphathimandla ebezikulindele. Kodwa umthetho owamenyezelwa kakhulu - abagqugquzeli bawo bezisulu iminyaka eminingi - awuholeli ekugwetshweni amacala amaningi futhi kuyaqabukela uphumele ejele abahlukumezi basekhaya eFranklin County.
Ngemva nje kokuqulwa kwaleli cala ngeledlule, uPhipps uphathe elinye icala lapho indoda eneminyaka engu-31 ubudala ebhekene necala lokuklinya yavuma ukushaywa. Wathola isigwebo sesikhathi eside izinsuku ezingu-44 asezichithe ejele.
Kubantu abangu-60 abathweswe icala lokuklinya ngo-Ephreli 2023 (inyanga yokuqala umthetho waqala ukusebenza), babili kuphela asebegwetshiwe, oyedwa wagwetshwa ejele. Uthole isigwebo seminyaka emibili wagwema ukutholwa enecala lokudlwengula, okungenzeka ukuthi wathola iminyaka engu-11 ejele.
Umthetho omusha awubulungisi ubunzima obukhona obuza nokushushisa ubugebengu obuhlobene nodlame lwasekhaya. Abashushisi kusadingeka babhekane nokushoda kobufakazi njalo kanye nezisulu ezivame ukuyeka ukubambisana noma zihoxise ubufakazi bazo, ngokusho koMsizi Wommeli Wesifunda saseFranklin uDaniel Meyer, umqondisi woPhiko Olukhethekile Lwabahlukunyezwa ehhovisi.
U-Alexandria Ruden, ummeli ophethe I-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland, ngubani wabhala incwadi mayelana nomthetho wodlame lwasekhaya e-Ohio, uthe amacala ayisinyathelo sokuqala futhi kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lubhekane nokuphatha ukuklinywa njengecala elinzima eliyilo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi umqondo wokushaja kuleli phuzu ucezu olubaluleke kakhulu," kusho uRuden. “Ngingathanda yini ukuthi bonke babekwe amacala futhi bagwetshwe ngaleli cala njengoba linjalo? Yebo. Kodwa umthetho wamacala awukayingeni indaba.”
Ngaleso sikhathi, uRuden uthe iqiniso lokuthi izikhulu, ochwepheshe bezokwelapha nabanye manje sebebuza ngokuklinywa, ukubhala phansi ukusabalala kwakho nokukhuthaza izisulu eziningi ukuthi zifune usizo lwezokwelapha ezingaludinga kuwukunqoba kwayo.
IMount Carmel Health System, ngokwesibonelo, ibike ukuthi njengoba umthetho wase-Ohio ushintshile sebelaphe iziguli eziklinyiwe eziyi-174, eziye zaphuka amathambo amaningi, uqwanga olulimele kanye nama-aneurysms. Lokho ukukhuphuka kwama-83% ngaphezu kuka-2022.
Izikhukhula zamacala okuklinywa
Angaphezu kuka-540 amacala okuklinywa aholele ekubekweni kwawo amacala ngonyaka odlule kubantu abangu-810 abebethweswe amacala ngamaphoyisa, ngokusho kwehhovisi lomshushisi.
Umshushisi iSpecial Victims Unit (SVU) ibilindele amacala okuklinywa angaba ngu-300 ngonyaka, okukhombisa ukuthi iziphathimandla bezihlale zibuza izisulu zodlame lwasekhaya imibuzo efanele noma zibhala izinsolo zokuklinywa, kusho uMeyer.
Ukuze kuhambisane nomthwalo wecala onyakeni odlule, ihhovisi lomshushisi lengeze abameli ababili ophikweni olukhethekile lwabahlukumezekile.
Futhi Uphiko Lwamaphoyisa LwaseColumbus lusungule uphiko lwe-STOP (Strangulation Team Operations for Prosecution) ukuze luqeqeshe amaphoyisa ukuze asingathe amacala okuklinywa anzima kakhulu ngoba abekho abaseshi abanele abangawasingatha wonke. Abaseshi basaphatha amacala okuklinywa kweziqu zesibili kuyilapho izikhulu ziphethe amacala e-degree yesithathu ukuya kwelesihlanu.
U-Laurie Carney, umphenyi wamaphoyisa aseColumbus ophikweni olunezigebengu zodlame lwasekhaya kanye nomdidiyeli wohlelo lwe-STOP, uthe baqeqeshe amaphoyisa agqoke umfaniswano angu-47 nosayitsheni abayisithupha abavolontiye ukuze bathathe izifundo zamahora angu-80. UCarney uphinde wasiza ukuqeqesha zonke izikhulu zaseColumbus ngokuthi zingaphendula kanjani kangcono ezimweni zokuklinywa kuze kufike isikhulu se-STOP noma umphenyi.
Ambalwa amacala okuklinywa aholela ekugwetshweni kuze kube manje
Lilodwa kuphela icala lokuklinywa elaqulwa eFranklin County ngonyaka odlule, kanti ijaji lathola ummangalelwa engenacala. UMeyer uthe owesifazane kuleso sigameko uthe isoka lakhe lamklinya ngentambo eluhlaza kwase kutholakala intambo eluhlaza endaweni yesigameko. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amajaji atshele abameli ukuthi bayamkholelwa, kodwa balengiswa ngenxa yokungabi namamaki entanyeni yakhe, ngokusho kukaMeyer.
Njengamacala amaningi obugebengu, ukuklinywa kuvame ukuxazululwa ngezivumelwano zokuncenga.
Ihhovisi lomshushisi waseFranklin County alilandeli izilinganiso zokugwetshwa ngoba, uMeyer uthe, icala ngalinye lihlukile. Noma yimiphi imibiko yezwe yokuthi umthetho udlala kanjani izosala ngezinyanga noma ngaphezulu.
I-Dispatch ihlole amarekhodi amacala angama-60 abekwe icala ngo-Ephreli 2023 eFranklin County. Kulabo, abayisikhombisa balivumile icala; 18 balamukele icala; amacala amane ahoxiswa ngoba isisulu sayeka ukubambisana noma sahoxa; kanti amacala angama-31 abengakabekwa amacala noma asalindile.
Labo abafinyelele ukugwetshwa bathole unswinyo oluncane: abamangalelwa abayisishiyagalolunye bagwetshwa ukuvivinywa kwathi abanye abayi-14 bagwetshwa isikhathi esichithwa ejele (phakathi kwezinsuku ezi-3 nezinsuku eziyi-134).
UMeyer uthe abaphathi bendawo kungcono babambe iqhaza ekuguqulweni komthetho ngoJuni noma ngoJulayi, ngakho-ke i-Dispatch yabheka izikhulu zamacala angama-70 athweswe amacala esifundeni ngo-Agasti 2023.
Kuze kube manje, amacala ango-August nawo aholele ekutheni agwetshwe noma agwetshwe ejele.
Kulawo macala angu-70, abamangalelwa abathathu bawavumile amacala okuklinywa kanti abane bawavumile amanye amacala. Amabili kulawo macala agwetshwe ejele, womabili athole izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Amacala amathathu kaNcwaba (August) ahoxiswa ngoba umsolwa wahoxa noma akafikanga enkantolo. Abamangalelwa abahlanu bawavumile amacala, okuhlanganisa udlame lwasekhaya, ukungaziphathi kahle kanye nobugebengu. Inqwaba yamacala ango-Agasti, 55, ayikabekwa amacala noma asazoqhubeka.
Kwesinye isigameko sango-Agasti, owesilisa waseFar North Side washaya ingane enezinyanga eziyishumi ubudala ezingalweni zomlingani wakhe kabili ngaphambi kokuba abambe owesifazane wase egaxa isandla entanyeni yakhe, wamnqamula umoya imizuzwana engu-10 kuya kwengu-15, ngokusho kwezincwadi zokushaja. . Ulivumile icala lodlame lwasekhaya kanye nokubeka izingane engozini. IJaji leCommon Pleas Court, uJaiza Page, ugwebe le ndoda iminyaka emithathu ejele.
Uma kwenzeka emacaleni odlame lwasekhaya, abhekene nokushoda kobufakazi noma ufakazi ongabambisene nabo, uMeyer uthe abashushisi bazama ukuthola uhlobo oluthile lokugwetshwa, noma ngabe kuyiphutha nje. Kodwa kungase kube nzima.
“Uma singenabo ufakazi obambisene nabo, kusho ukuthi asinawo amacala amaningi,” enezela.
Ecaleni elichithiwe kusukela ngo-Ephreli, iphoyisa laseHilliard labhala izincwadi zokukhokhisa ukuthi amaphoyisa asabela lapho ecela usizo lowesifazane. Uthe owayeyisoka lakhe, onguyise wengane yakhe eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, wayiklinya maqede wayidubula ngekhanda ngesikhathi bexabana. Ubenokuvuvukala okubonakalayo ngaphansi kweso futhi owesilisa unezimpawu zokuklwebheka engalweni ngenxa yomzamo walo wesifazane wokubalekela ukumbamba, kubhala iphoyisa.
Bobabili owesifazane kanye nentombazane batshele iphoyisa ukuthi indoda ibambe owesifazane phansi.
Umshushisi wesifunda ucele ijaji ukuthi lichithe icala ngemuva kokuba owesifazane eyeke ukubambisana wacela ukuba kuchithwe.
UMaria Houston, umqondisi omkhulu we-LSS CHOICES, indawo yokukhosela yodlame lwasekhaya eFranklin County, uthe kunezizathu eziningi zokuthi isisulu sodlame lwasekhaya singabambisani neziphathimandla, okuhlanganisa ukwesaba umhlukumezi, ukuthembela ngokwezimali kumenzi wobubi noma isifiso sokungamboni. umuntu oboshiwe. Kungaba nzima ikakhulukazi kuzisulu uma kunezingane ezithintekayo, kusho uHouston.
Abameli babasolwa basola ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwecala
Abanye abameli bakaColumbus batshele iThe Dispatch ukuthi bambalwa abamangalelwa abatholwa benecala lokuklinywa ngoba icala lisetshenziswa ngokweqile ngamaphoyisa kanye nabameli babashushisi.
U-Emily Anstaett, ummeli wezokuvikela eColumbus, uthe ukuvumelana phakathi kozakwabo ukuklinywa kuyicala “lokunambitheka kwenyanga”.
“Uma kumiswa ikhodi entsha yobugebengu, ngicabanga ukuthi kunengcindezi yokuthi kugunyazwe ukwenziwa kwalelo cala,” kusho u-Anstaett, ophinde wathi icala lasetshenziswa ngokweqile ikakhulukazi lapho umthetho ushintsha okokuqala.
Omunye ummeli kammangalelwa, uMichael Siewert, uthe amadoda asolwa ngokuklinywa kancane njengokusunduza amahlombe omlingani wesifazane obahlaselayo.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi abomthetho bayaphenya kuleya ndawo," kusho uSiewert. "Kungenzeka ukuthi bazama ukuthola izitatimende ukuze bathole ukuklinywa esikhundleni sokuvolontiya kommangaleli."
Umsizi womshushisi uMeyer ukuphikile ukuthi icala lisetshenziswa ngokweqile, wathi ukuklinya “akukhokhiswa kakhulu, kuqinisiwe,” wengeza ngokuthi bavele baphendule emacaleni abethulwe wona.
Abameli bommangalelwa baphinde bathi ubufakazi buvame ukushoda kulawa macala.
Ukuphelelwa umoya kungabangela i-petechiae, noma amachashaza, avele esikhumbeni ngenxa yokuqhuma kwemithambo yegazi. USiewert uthe unamacala acishe abe ngu-30 okuklinywa, kodwa usazobona ukuhlolwa kodokotela okufakazela ukuthi uklinyiwe.
U-Anstaett uthe amaphoyisa ajwayele ukuthatha izithombe zabasolwa abalimele ngokushesha ngemuva kwengxabano, kodwa ukulimaza kungathatha amahora ukuvela.
UJennifer Watson, okhulumela amaphoyisa aseColumbus, uthe lolu phiko alukwazi ukuphendula ngezinsolo zokuthi leli cala lisetshenziswe ngokweqile.
UCarney uthe amaphoyisa aseColumbus aqoqa ubufakazi obuningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze abashushisi banganciki kuphela ebufakazini bezisulu. Uthe amaphoyisa ahlala ekhuthaza izisulu ukuthi zilandelele abezempilo ukuze bathole usizo lwezempilo kanye nokuqoqwa kobufakazi, kodwa izisulu ngokuvamile azifuni ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene.
Abaxhasi bathi kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi umthetho ubambe
URuden uthe abanye abantu baphinde babhimba ngo-1979 ngenkathi i-Ohio yenza udlame lwasekhaya lwaba yicala naphezu kokuhlaselwa kakade ezincwadini.
“Siyigqamisile inkinga. Abantu baqala ukukubheka njengenkinga,” kusho uRuden. "Kuthatha iminyaka."
USenenja wase-Ohio uStephanie Kunze (R-Dublin) wethule izikweletu eziningi kuMhlangano Omkhulu wase-Ohio phakathi neminyaka ukuze enze ukuklinywa kube icala elibi ngaphambi kokuba lesi sinyathelo sifakwe komunye umthethosivivinywa.
“Ukuba naleli thuluzi ebhokisini lamathuluzi kuyisinyathelo esihle impela, noma lingakabi yinhlamvu yesiliva,” kusho uKunze.
Umthombo: I-Columbus Dispatch - Ngemva konyaka, umthetho wase-Ohio owenza ukuklinywa kwaba yicala ubona amacala ambalwa eFranklin County