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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. ![]()
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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
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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