Miranda's husband, former NASCAR driver and owner Eric McClure, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on a family member. He was found guilty in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, but the case is on appeal in circuit court. Miranda is now sharing her story, hoping...
As an abuser chooses when and/or where they will abuse their victim(s) meaning that they can coordinate their behavior and assault their victim(s) when they are alone so that no one else is able to see the abuse. Often, in public, abusers are perfectly behaved to their victim(s) ...
(Va. St. § 18.2–57.2 Code 1950, § 18.2–57.2) that makes the third conviction forAssault and Batterya felony punishable by up to five years in prison. In addition, the city established a shelter for battered women, a victims' task force, and a domestic-violence intervention program ...
The Violence Against Women Act has fostered a strong community response to domestic violence, sex dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The act has been expanded to cover the needs of all victims of domestic violence, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Since VAWA went into effe...
Before Hosein stared working with survivors, he was a defense counsel for soldiers who were alleged to have committed sexual assault and rape. That gave him an unusual perspective. "There are people who have done horrible things that I may have helped, you know. But I got to see the ot...
Rev. Code Ann. §59.18.352 allows a tenant to terminate a rental agreement where the tenant was threatened with a deadly weapon. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §59.18.130(8)(b)(ii) prohibits the termination of tenancy for a victim of physical assault. Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §59.18.575 ...
VAWA primarily addresses certain types of violent crime (namely intimate partner violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking) through grant programs to state, local, and tribal governments; nonprofit organizations; and universities.94Through the most recent VAWA reauthorization (P.L. 113-...
such as threatening with a fist or an object. Aggravated assault is usually a threat to kill as indicated by the use of a weapon, such as a knife or a gun. Threats to kill or terrorizing threats are also described in the penal code. Therefore, if we were to use the law as the cri...
They went upstairs, and not finding any injuries on my boyfriend, arrested him for domestic violence assault. They asked me to sign the arrest warrant. That was the hardest thing I have ever done. I saw him in the police car looking at me as if to say he was sorry, but something ...
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