In 2020 the Maryland General Assembly updgraded strangulation and intentional suffocation from a second degree assault to first degree felony assault, indicating the seriousness of...
Small Actions, Big Impacts: Innovative approaches by Montgomery County District Courts personnel in domestic violence cases
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