Criminal
May 20, 2011
Domestic Violence Bill Hits Possible Snag
Political calculations around California's prison overcrowding appear to be complicating the math behind a bill aimed at bolstering domestic violence prosecutions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Political calculations around California's prison overcrowding appear to be complicating the math behind a bill aimed at bolstering domestic violence prosecutions.
Senate Bill 430, backed by district attorneys and advocates for domestic violence victims, rewrites Penal Code 273.5(a) to state that strangulation during domestic violence can qualify as a traumatic injury. The change is specifically ...
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