sallycinnamon78
New Yorker
This is... words fail me.
Domestic Violence
The ruling stems from a case in which a man was accused of slapping and pushing his live-in girlfriend.
The attorney for the man argued that the domestic violence charge against him should be dismissed because the new gay marriage ban prohibits any state or local law that would "create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals."
The judge then reduced the charge to a misdemeanor assault charge.
Prosecutors are appealing the ruling.
http://incestabuse.about.com/gi/dyn...orleanschannel.com/family/4314147/detail.html
Domestic Violence Statistics related to violent crimes.
Domestic Violence Statistics pertaining to violent crimes against women vs. those against men:
* Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women and about 2% of the violence experienced by men.
* In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women.
* During 1992 approximately 28 percent of female homicide victims (1,414 women) were known to have been killed by their husbands, former husbands or boyfriends. In contrast, just over 3 percent of male homicide victims (637) were known to have been killed by their wives, former wives or girlfriends.
* Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced.
* While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.[/quote][/b]
Domestic Violence
The ruling stems from a case in which a man was accused of slapping and pushing his live-in girlfriend.
The attorney for the man argued that the domestic violence charge against him should be dismissed because the new gay marriage ban prohibits any state or local law that would "create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals."
The judge then reduced the charge to a misdemeanor assault charge.
Prosecutors are appealing the ruling.
http://incestabuse.about.com/gi/dyn...orleanschannel.com/family/4314147/detail.html
Domestic Violence Statistics related to violent crimes.
Domestic Violence Statistics pertaining to violent crimes against women vs. those against men:
* Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women and about 2% of the violence experienced by men.
* In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women.
* During 1992 approximately 28 percent of female homicide victims (1,414 women) were known to have been killed by their husbands, former husbands or boyfriends. In contrast, just over 3 percent of male homicide victims (637) were known to have been killed by their wives, former wives or girlfriends.
* Women were attacked about six times more often by offenders with whom they had an intimate relationship than were male violence victims during 1992 and 1993, the Department of Justice announced.
* While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.[/quote][/b]