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From www.wtvy.com 

Tuesday morning, David Bradley Godwin pleaded guilty to Domestic Violence by Strangulation in front of Circuit Judge Lex Short. 

Godwin's guilty plea marks the first conviction in Covington County for the statute, which was enacted by the Alabama Legislature and put into effect on September 1, 2011. 

The statute provides for the prosecution of a person who commits domestic violence against their victim in the form of strangulation or suffocation.

The National Strangulation Training Institute was recently highlighted in the U.S. Department of Justice's report on Indian Country Accomplishments, 2009-Present.  The report highlights the partnership between the National Indian Country Training Initiative, an initiative of the USDoJ, and the NSTI to provide training on strangulation and suffocation crimes to 17 tribes, U.S. Attorney's Offices, the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For the full report, click here.

By Megan Johnson

Deputy Buffalo County Attorney Michael Gilmour says finding ways to respond to and prevent domestic violence is important for the justice and medical communities.

"Domestic violence in general, and strangulation in particular, are near epidemic in our communities all over the United States and yet it does go underreported," says Gilmour.