Call for change shines light on State's approach to killers who die in murder-suicides
The reality is that, beyond the limited inquest process, there is no tradition in Ireland of expending time and resources investigating killings for the sake of transparency and as a service to family members left behind.
Now every death in custody is investigated by the inspector and Gsoc to ascertain if the prison service or Garda have questions to answer or if either can learn anything from these deaths. Reports are compiled with the findings and they are published for public consumption in redacted form, with the families also briefed privately.
They supply information and are afforded the opportunity to say what questions they would like the inquiries to answer. Those questions are not always answered, of course. But at least the families know their loved one’s death was worthy of, and afforded, an investigation by the State and that their own voices were heard by the investigators.A major 15-year review of homicides is under way within the Garda, after problems were found with the way some domestic homicides were recorded.
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