We can conclude from the data on the imposed and carried out sentences that it is wrongly suggested that Croatian courts rarely impose heavier sentences for the murder of women by close relatives of the male sex. We published a list of some court rulings in which the Supreme Court confirmed high prison sentences for the murder of a woman partner or a close person in yesterday's press release. Equally, when it comes to the criminal policy concerning people who violate traffic rules, we can state that from the analysis of the actions of misdemeanour courts, it follows in the last few years, from the initiative of the President of the Supreme Court, Mr. Radovan Dobronić, prompted by the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, that the practice of punishing the perpetrators of misdemeanour traffic offences has become much stricter. Primarily, fines have been tightened, and the number of sanctions for confiscating cars with which misdemeanours have been committed has also increased. In such cases, the Supreme Court and the higher courts, by order of President Dobronić, have controlled the actions of first-instance courts, in the part that refers to court decisions, specifically to explanations of their decisions on court sanctions, and significant progress is expected here. It is illusory to expect that tragic traffic accidents as well as murders of women by male partners will totally stop happening due to tougher punishment. Court practice can have a great influence on this. However, neither judicial practice nor a change in the law can immediately change the behaviour of legal entities. It requires time and consistency in applying regulations, which, it seems, has begun in our country. The sensationalist way of writing misinforms the general public and undermines confidence in the legal system, because it is constantly indicated that there is a disorder, where there is none, disturbs potential victims but also encourages potential perpetrators, who get the wrong impression that there are will be no punishment or that they will be lightly punished for such punishable acts, All these make the general prevention of imposed sentences more difficult. That is why we believe these phenomena should be observed in the long term and not only in the wake of tragic events, and thus support the efforts of legislators, law enforcers, and of course, the courts, in imposing stricter sanctions, whether misdemeanour or criminal. The Spokesman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia Justice Željko Pajalić