This informational report provides a brief summary of the number of Protective Orders granted in 2019 and 2020 in Montgomery County, at the height of...
Staggered Exit Report: Montgomery County District Courts Fail to Consistently Implement Recommended Safety Practice
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Protective orders that prohibit domestic abusers from having contact with their victims are central to legal avenues to reduce domestic violence. But hearings involving domestic...
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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...