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This week we filmed our training video for SB 989, Joanna's Law, in collaboration with the Sacramento Family Justice Center and the Sacramento Police Department. Joanna's Law is the first suspicious death law in the United States. It becomes effective on January 1, 2025. It creates training and investigation requirements for first responders and death investigators in suspicious death cases where a woman dies prematurely after a history of domestic violence -- often including strangulation. It is based on the misconduct of the Solano County Sheriff's Department in the handling of the death of Joanna Hunter in 2011. Her killer was never held accountable because of the bungled investigation of her death and their botched decision about the manner of death in less than an hour after her husband killed her. Our goal is to see future investigations in California handled properly. Joanna's Law is the first of its kind in the US but it will not be the last. We intend to pass similar laws across the United States. #lastwarningshot The United States Department of Justice International Association of Chiefs of Police National Sheriffs' Association National District Attorneys Association California District Attorneys Association Consumer Attorneys of California National Fraternal Order of Police Forensic Medicine & Pathology
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Next Tuesday, The Family Justice Center Alliance and the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention will be hosting Survivors Perspective: The Impact of Strangulation During Sex / "Sexual Choking". This is a 90 minute webinar you do not want to miss out on! Join us at 10am PST. Click the link to Register!
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Recent News From The Institute
- Sexual choking is on the rise and has become a lifestyle choiceNovember 2, 2024Disturbing findings surrounding the number of people, women in particular, who experience sexual choking have brought about the need for a deeper understanding in the medical profession and in […]
- Lexington woman accused in strangulation, child abuse case appears in courtOctober 28, 2024LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A woman arrested on charges of strangulation and child abuse appeared in court on Tuesday for her arraignment. According to the Fayette County Detention Center, […]
- Houston man pleads guilty to killing his pregnant wife in case that sparked Harris County bail debateOctober 22, 2024Melanie Infinger could not forgive her son-in-law Alex Guajardo the first few years after he stabbed her pregnant daughter to death in 2019. She offered that forgiveness instead Tuesday, more than […]
- The impact of domestic violence on women in prison for killing their abusersOctober 17, 2024SAN FRANCISCO – October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a newly released study from Stanford surveyed women incarcerated for killing their abusers. The head researcher says the […]
- D.C. finally made strangulation a felony. Prosecuting it is challenging.October 8, 2024The city elevated strangulation from a misdemeanor to a felony in hopes of reducing domestic violence. But hurdles often occur in convincing victims to come forward as well as securing evidence. They […]