CLINTON, SC (WIS) - A 19-year-old was strangled to death by her boyfriend, with a USB cord in 2013. While he serves a life sentence, Emily Anna Asbill's mother Emily Joy doesn't want to stop there.

(KUTV) Lawmakers are considering an amendment to Utah law that would specifically define strangulation or choking as an aggravated assault-second degree felony. Advocates for victims of domestic ...

Lawmakers spent a sunny Saturday in Salem pushing though bills so they could end the short, even-year session and go home. While the session had its share of disappointments, 2018 will go down as a ...

A pair of bills before the D.C. Council and Maryland's General Assembly would make attempted strangulation a felony offense. If passed, they would bring both jurisdictions in line with almost every ...

DENVER (CBS4)- There's a push at the state Capitol to make strangulation a felony crime. It is currently often charged as a misdemeanor and in some jurisdictions in Colorado, a municipal offense. "It ...

South Carolina was ranked the sixth highest state for domestic violence in 2023. Throughout the last few years, efforts to diminish the risk for women hasn’t become law. One prefiled bill for the 2024 ...

CHARLOTTE — There’s a new push to toughen North Carolina’s strangulation laws after a court case that Channel 9 told you about earlier this week. It’s a law that Mecklenburg County’s top prosecutor ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A state-wide organization that focuses on improving work conditions for law enforcement officers said they’re trying to get a law passed that criminalizes the violent act of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One prefiled bill for the 2024-2025 South Carolina legislative session is attempting to address one issue that relates to domestic ...