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4 NJ Assemblywomen Propose 5 Bills to Curb Domestic Violence
By Liza Cooper | January 5, 2010
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates that 1.3 million women experience physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
This statistic disturbed four New Jersey assemblywomen who banded together to create a package of bills designed to lower that number according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Among their proposals are provisions to impose greater penalties on perpetrators, a pilot program to increase monitoring of convicted offenders, and creating a self-defense justification for domestic violence victims. One effect would be to make evidence surrounding a restraining order admissible in court to help determine whether the use of force for self protection was justified.
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