The Deputy Attorney General also shared her own experience working to end gender-based violence, namely as a staff member on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the early 1990’s, when the Violence Against Women Act was first passed. Among the Deputy Attorney General’s responsibilities was gathering personal stories from individual survivors to illustrate
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She slept on the floor with only a blanket and pillow while the defendant slept in a room with a door, a television and a queen size bed. She stated that he had control over every aspect of her mother’s life. “He was endlessly cruel and vicious. My heart aches knowing how she suffered.”
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The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to 10 years in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.
Read morePORTLAND, Maine: A Kittery man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to two counts of interstate travel to
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