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Pauline's Fight for Jasmin's Law

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Pauline Duddy, a Derry mother, advocates for Jasmins Law following her daughters drug overdose death. She seeks harsher sentences for drug dealers supplying vulnerable individuals or minors. Pauline has been protesting and meeting politicians, with SDLPs Mark H Durkan planning to introduce the law in Stormont. The Justice Department is reviewing the proposal, but Pauline hopes for changes soon to reflect the devastating impact of drug dealing.

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Pauline's Fight for Jasmin's Law

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Belfast News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Pauline's Fight for Jasmin's Law. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 1st, a dairy mom named Pauline Dutty is pushing hard for Jasmine's law after losing her 21-year-old daughter to a drug overdose back in 2023. Jasmine died from pre-gablin at a place in the Gallia area, and Pauline wants courts to hit drug dealers with tougher sentences if they supply to. Vulnerable folks or kids calling it an aggravating factor. She's been on a real campaign trail, holding protests outside the local courthouse, and a big rally in the city center this month, plus meeting key. Politicians like Justice Minister Naomi Long, who added her ideas to a sentencing review launched in January, Pauline still grapples with the pain, saying she cannot even process it three years on. Jasmine battled addiction from age 16, got clean for a bit, then relapsed while in treatment. Now, S.D.L.P. politician Mark H. Durkin plans to bring a motion to storm on soon, urging the minister to fold Jasmine's law into the current criminal.

Justice Sensing Bill, which just cleared his first two stages and heads to committee next. The Justice Department notes the proposal is under review with research underway and public input set for next year, but Pauline hoax for changes way. Sooner, maybe even next year, to make drug dealing feel the full way of the lives it wrecks, you've been listening to Europe News today. AI-powered European coverage.

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