Landmark ruling: New York prosecutors cannot force domestic violence survivors to waive past-trauma hearing
Survivors of domestic violence facing criminal charges scored a victory Thursday after the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ruled prosecutors cannot force survivors, as a condition of a plea agreement, to give up a crucial hearing designed to consider their history of abuse during their sentencing. According to the Legal Aid... Read More
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