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Florida Legal Issues in Domestic Violence Cases

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

The landscape of cases involving domestic violence has drastically changed in the last decade. Once, a matter of intra family resolution, these cases have now become a tremendous burden to the justice system. Prosecutor's offices must now assign special prosecutors to these cases. Judges hand out tougher sentences to those convicted of these offenses. Counseling programs for abused spouses have flourished and are, in part, paid by tax dollars. I believe these cases are serious cases that should be prosecuted if based upon legitimate evidence. They certainly should. Although the judicial system is not designed to help break the cycle of women who are subject to repeated abuses from their mates, it can be useful in conjunction with counseling programs aimed at assisting abused women...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Blog on January 23, 2007 (boomark / email).