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An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal . DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WOMEN WHO KILL The criminal justice system has wrestled for years with the issue of how to deal with women who kill their abusive partners. 26.In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25). 9. The ultimate test for Douglas is provided for under Section 55 of the Coroners and justice act 2009..Therefore the fact that Douglas went to a pub after finding his wife in bed with the neighbour prior to stabbing the . 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