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The crime stats show a downward trend since 2018, but the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates nearly 40% of Tennessee women will experience some form of domestic violence.
How domestic violence victims navigate the justice system is complex, from interactions with police to seeking protection and prosecution from court. How Tennessee's legal system can support ...
The abuse defense is "the legal tactic by which criminal defendants claim a history of abuse as an excuse for violent retaliation". [2] In some instances, such as the Bobbitt trial, the supposed abuse occurs shortly before the retaliative act; in such cases, the abuse excuse is raised as a means of claiming temporary insanity or the right of self-defense.
Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
In ethics, questions regarding the morality of violence ask under what conditions, if any, the use of violence can be morally justified. Three prominent views on the morality of violence are (1) the pacifist position, which states that violence is always immoral, and should never be used; (2) the utilitarian position, that means that violence can be used if it achieves a greater "good" for ...
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Tennessee's largest prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years, federal prosecutors ...
The amendment expanded the provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act, which prohibited those convicted of a felony domestic violence charge or subject to a protective order from owning or possessing a firearm, to include those convicted of minority domestic violence charges and contained broad directives for removal of firearms from individuals ...
A state lawmaker in Tennessee resigned suddenly for an ethics violation that became public Thursday, two weeks after he joined fellow Republicans in expelling two Black Democratic legislators for ...