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Senior Vice President
Community Impact
United Way of Dane County
Wisconsin
Professor
Grant Sawyer Institute
University of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
JTR@unr.edu
Professor
Grant Sawyer Institute
University of Nevada-Reno
Nevada
mleone@unr.edu
Director
Justice Reinvestment Initiative
Council of State Goverments Justice Center
Wisconsin
Senior Vice President
WestCare
(702) 385-2090
Nevada
leslie.balonick@westcare.com
President
American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada
Nevada
siegel@unr.edu
Orders of protection in domestic-violence cases can forestall harm, but 87 percent of the victims of family-related killings last year in New York City did not have one, says the New York Times. An a piece of paper, even one bearing the imprimatur of a court, is no guarantee of safety. This is especially true if the paper in question is delayed, ignored or never served. That is what seems to have happened to a woman who obtained a temporary order of protection from a judge Bronx against David Johnson, a top aide to Gov. David Paterson. (more…)
New York Gov. David Paterson faced new revelations about his intervention in a domestic violence episode involving a chief aide, reports the New York Times. Paterson’s criminal justice adviser, Denise O’Donnell, resigned, saying it was “unacceptable” that Paterson and the state police had made contact with a woman who was seeking an order of protection against the aide, and that she could not “in good conscience” remain in her job. (more…)
