Delilah - Laifin Sha'awa?

Wannan labari mai wayo na abokin aiki daga Bar Scottish, Thomas Ross KC *, babban misali ne na yin amfani da sanannen zancen al'adu don kwatanta batun shari'a. A wannan yanayin, tana amfani da waƙar "Delilah" na mawaƙin Welsh Tom Jones don nuna bambanci tsakanin Scots da dokar laifuka ta Ingilishi game da laifin sha'awa. Hakanan yana ba da haske game da yanayin tunani; yadda yarda da jama'a na wasu nassoshi na al'adu na iya canzawa a tsawon lokaci lokacin da muka zama masu kula da rashin fahimta mara kyau irin waɗannan nassoshi na iya haifarwa. A cikin wannan labarin yana da alaƙa da ƙarfafa mummunan hali ta hanyar shahararriyar waƙar da aka rera a wasannin rugby na Welsh. Labarin…

"Kwanan nan na kama wata tattaunawa ta rediyo mai cike da rudani kan tambayar ko ya kamata kungiyar Welsh Rugby Union ta haramta wa magoya bayanta rera ma'aunin Tom Jones 'Delilah' a matches. Taimakon Mata na Welsh ya ɗauki ɗan yabo ga shawarar da aka yi shekaru da yawa cewa waƙoƙin waƙar na iya yin tasiri na 'daidaita' cin zarafin mata. Tattaunawar ta sa na yi mamakin yadda yawancin masu sauraro suka yaba da gagarumin tasirin da yanayin da aka kwatanta a cikin waƙar zai yi a kan hukuncin da aka yanke wa wanda aka yi wa kisa, idan laifin ya faru a Paisley maimakon Pontypridd.

Na ɗan yi mamakin sanin yawan masu kira da'awar cewa ba su da masaniya da waƙoƙin. 'Delilah' ta ba da labarin wani mutum da ya wuce gidan abokiyar aurensa don ya shaida ta ta aikata lalata (wanda aka kwatanta da shi a cikin waka da 'inuwar soyayya a kan makauniya'). Ya jira har sai da masoyinta ya kori, sa'an nan ya daba wa Delilah wuka har ta mutu a lokacin da ta buɗe ƙofarta.

Mutane da yawa za su yi mamakin sanin cewa a Scotland a shekara ta 2023, yadda aka yi kisan gillar da aka yi wa wata mata da gangan a kan wannan lamari zai ba da hujjar rage laifin daga kisan kai zuwa kisan kai.

Masu karatu za su yi tsammanin wani alkali mai yanke hukunci zai dauki gano rashin imani da jima'i a matsayin wani abin da ke da tasiri a kan hukuncin, amma tasirin na musamman na abin 'kafirci' ne ya cancanci sharhi.

Alal misali, idan wani sabon maƙwabci ya ƙaura zuwa wani fili da ke ƙasa da ni kuma yana buga waƙar daji mai ƙarfi kowane dare tun daga tsakar dare har zuwa karfe 6 na safe (a cikin salon limamin miyagu na Uba Ted), sa’ad da na fashe bayan wata uku kuma na ɗauka. kai tsaye mataki na sake sanin kaina da shiru na dare, za a yi la'akari da rashin maƙwabcin marigayin idan aka yanke hukunci, amma laifin zai kasance kisan kai. Hukuncin zai kasance daya daga cikin ɗaurin rai da rai, duk wani ragi na ragi za a bayyana shi a cikin sashin hukunci (lokacin da dole ne a yi kafin a gabatar da duk wani neman afuwa). Idan an yanke hukuncin wani ɓangare na shekaru 16, zan buƙaci in yi hidima kowace rana na wannan lokacin kafin ma a yi tunanin sakin.

Akasin haka, idan maƙwabcina mai ƙauna mai ƙauna ya fita don bikin ɗaurin kurkuku na, ya dawo ya sami budurwarsa tana sake fasalin yanayin Delilah tare da abokin aikinta, kuma ya ci gaba da sake rubuta waƙoƙin zuwa ƙarshen ƙarshe, zai iya da'awar wani nau'i na musamman. ragewa; wato tsokanar shari'a bisa rashin imani na jima'i, wanda zai rage laifin daga kisan kai zuwa kisan kai mai laifi. Hasali ma yana iya neman tsokanar shari'a ko da bai GANIN 'inuwar soyayya akan makauniyar ta ba, ya isa idan ta amince masa da rashin imaninta. Idan aka yi la’akari da hukuncin daurin shekaru 12 a gidan yari kan laifin kisan kai, akwai dukkan damar da zai iya fita a cikin shekaru 6 – cikaken shekaru 10 a gabana.

Wannan 'bangaren' koyaushe yana burge ni da ban mamaki. Rage manyan laifuka yana zuwa ta hanyoyi da yawa. Za mu jajanta wa iyayen da suka dauki mataki a kan wani mai laifin da ya ci zarafin yaronsa. Dukkan alkalan mu za su yi la'akari da gaskiyar lokacin yanke hukunci - amma ko da rage wannan ingancin ba zai taimaka wajen rage laifin daga kisan kai zuwa kisan kai mai laifi ba - kuma hukuncin daurin rai da rai zai biyo baya. To me yasa shigar kafirci zai yi tasiri sosai?

Kamar yadda ya saba da batun kariya ga mata, abokan aikinmu na Ingilishi sun yi sauri da kuma yanke hukunci. A cikin lamarin R v Smith [2000] AC 146 Lord Hoffman ya lura 'mallakan namiji bai kamata a yau ya zama dalilin da ya dace na rashin kamun kai wanda zai kai ga kisan kai ba.. The Coroner and Justice Act 2002 ya biyo baya, ta samar 'don sanin ko rashin kamun kai yana da abin da ya dace, gaskiyar cewa wani abu da aka yi ko kuma aka faɗa ya zama rashin imani da jima'i ya kamata a yi watsi da shi' (sashe na 55).

Wasu ta'aziyya ga waɗanda suke ganin batun kamar yadda nake yi - a halin yanzu Hukumar Shari'a ta Scotland tana la'akari da al'amarin a matsayin wani ɓangare na 'Takardar Tattaunawa akan Halin Hankali a Kisan Kai' (Takarda Tattaunawa No 172). Yayin da yake lura cewa banda ya kasance 'ɓangare na dokar Scots tsawon ƙarni', Takardar ta yi shakka' ko dalilan wanzuwa da ci gaba da keɓancewar kafirci 'an yarda da su a cikin al'ummar yau' kuma ta lura cewa '' ana iya tunanin tsaro ya zauna. cikin rashin kwanciyar hankali tare da yaƙin neman zaɓe na Gwamnatin Scotland na yaƙi da cin zarafi cikin gida'.

'Kariyar' - ko da yake akwai ga maza da mata - yana da alama yana fama da bambancin jinsi. Kamar yadda Lord Nimmo Smith ya sanya a ciki Kashewa 2001 SCR 553 "Yayin da ban bayyana ra'ayi game da shi ba, na gane cewa babban zargi da doka za ta iya yi ... shine ... mafi yawan lokuta namiji ne ya kashe shi kuma mace ce aka kashe."

    Rubutun takarda 'mafi yawan masu aikin a cikin shawarwarin mu na yau da kullun sun soki dokar ta yanzu a matsayin tsarin da ba za a yarda da shi ba wanda ya taso daga tsoffin ra'ayoyin na mutunta maza da mallakar jima'i'.

     Ya ƙare "Muna da niyyar ba da shawarar soke wani bangare na kare kariya daga yin lalata da jima'i a cikin lamuran kisan kai. Masu ba da shawara sun yarda?'. Wannan mai ba da shawara ya yi - me kuke tunani?

(*An sake buga labarin tare da izini mai kyau na Thomas Ross KC)

NB: Idan kuna son koyan yadda yakamata gwamnatoci su nemi canza al'adun cin zarafin jima'i ta hanyar kiwon lafiya da manufofin shari'a duba takardan kwanan nan na Gidauniyar Reward akan wannan batu: "Amfani da Hotunan Batsa Masu Matsala: La'akari da Manufofin Shari'a da Lafiya."