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Connecticut Family Violence Prevention and Response Act of 1986 City of Torrington , DC , 595 F.Supp. 1521 (1985) was a court decision concerning Tracey Thurman, a Connecticut homemaker who sued the city police department in Torrington, Connecticut , and claimed a failure of equal protection under the law against her abusive husband Charles ...
Jennifers' Law is a law in the U.S. state of Connecticut that expands the definition of domestic violence to include "coercive control". The law is named for two women, both victims of domestic violence: Jennifer Farber Dulos and Jennifer Magnano .
City of Torrington, DC, 595 F.Supp. 1521 (1985)) brought about sweeping national reform of domestic violence laws, including the "Thurman Law" (aka the Family Violence Prevention and Response Act) instituted in Connecticut in 1986, making domestic violence an automatically arrestable offense, even if the victim does not wish to press charges. [96]
He has also been a leader in efforts to enact workable gun control laws, to address racial disparities in the state's criminal justice system, to pass laws ending discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, to rewrite Connecticut's domestic violence laws, to reform the juvenile justice system, and to address prison overcrowding.
The Connecticut Paid Family Leave law also provides up to 12 days (not weeks) of paid time off if you have been impacted by family violence, to seek medical or psychological care, to seek care ...
(The Center Square) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill aimed at closing a "deadly" loophole in New York domestic violence laws that will allow courts to issue orders of protection to victims ...
Pages in category "Violence against women in Connecticut" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. T. Thurman v. City ...
That definition was made part of Massachusetts’ statutes that protect victims of domestic violence and prosecute the perpetrators when Gov. Maura Healey signed the bill in June extending ...