While the national agenda is fragmented between Venezuela and investigations into an investment bank in liquidation, an open and continuous war has given no respite: the war against women in Brazil. To the men who get angry at being reminded that women continue to be killed every day, in all regions of the country, patience. I could say that I'm sorry to produce this feeling in readers, but the truth is that I don't. Femicides insist on writing, in blood, a daily chronicle of horror. Still, I see this irritation from a positive side: it reveals both the discomfort of those who prefer silence, and the effectiveness of insisting on naming what part of society tries to naturalize or push under the carpet. It is in this context that I offer my solidarity to the family of Carla Carolina Miranda da Silva, 39 years old, stabbed and murdered this week on a public street, in the São Paulo neighborhood of Liberdade, a name that, tragically, sounds like irony given the condition of women in Brazil. Carla already had a protective measure against her ex-partner, due to previous attacks. Still, that didn't stop him from lying in wait, sneakily, armed with a machete to commit the barbaric crime. I emphasize: it wasn't a knife, it was a machete. Her case once again reveals the hatred to which women are subjected, as well as the insufficiency of mechanisms that, although well-intentioned on paper, are often incapable of stopping the escalation of misogynistic violence. This barbaric outcome serves as yet another warning to the justice system. Precautionary measures, by themselves, do not prevent feminicide determination. For Carla's ex-partner, the protective measure and nothing meant the same thing. I understand, in this sense, that in cases of violence against women, the decisions of the Brazilian Justice require a critical review of their application and effectiveness, demanding a consideration that prioritizes, unquestionably, the real risk to the life and freedom of women. Yes, for me, I understand that women's attackers should be and remain in prison, even on a precautionary basis, which, in a country of absurd violence against women, means a considerable increase in the prison population, a situation that, on the other hand, also ends up producing deleterious effects on Brazilian society. It is at this crossroads that the Justice system, especially those who deal with criminal cases on a daily basis, finds itself facing a combined crisis that no longer admits simplistic solutions — the overcrowding of the prison system, the urgent urgency to strengthen the fight against violence against women and the historical exhaustion of the "war on drugs" models, responsible for a significant portion of mass incarceration. One hypothesis that is emerging in practice is the reduction of arrest decisions in trafficking cases — I am referring, of course, to retail, since, with regard to large operators, including those who travel by helicopter, tolerance has always been the rule — at the same time that the need to increase the arrest of women aggressors and perpetrators of feminicide is imposed. However, this observation should not be interpreted as hesitation on my part. On the contrary, the criminalization of drug trafficking as practiced over the last two decades constitutes one of the country's biggest institutional disasters. This is a model that has failed under all rational evaluation criteria. For this reason, together with so many researchers and activists, I understand that legislation urgently needs to be reviewed in light of the knowledge accumulated by social sciences, public health, economics and other areas that have long pointed to more effective and less destructive paths. But this defense should not be confused with another: it is imperative that all men accused of violence against women and femicide are arrested and remain incarcerated at a much higher rate than currently. If the uncompromising defense of prison for those who kill, threaten, beat and terrorize women is to be labeled "punitive", then let the label fall to me. For no ideological label can survive the fundamental right to peace. A peace that is not the mere absence of conflict, but the freedom to live without the distressing terror of encountering the executioner, as in the case of Carla Carolina, a woman who was "punished" for living her life while returning home. Enough of punitive action on women. LINK PRESENT: Did you like this text? Subscribers can access seven free accesses from any link per day. Just click the blue F below.