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  2. Strangulation in domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    A special issue of the Domestic Violence Report devoted to the crime of strangulation states: "Many domestic violence offenders and rapists do not strangle their partners to kill them; they strangle them to let them know they can kill them—any time they wish. Once victims know this truth, they live under the power and control of their abusers ...

  3. Andersen v. Eighth Judicial District Court - Wikipedia

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    The case eventually made it to the Nevada Supreme Court. Andersen's attorney Michael Pariente argued that a defendant charged with battery constituting domestic violence has a Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial because a defendant loses his or her Second Amendment right upon conviction of the offense by letting a judge, and not a jury, decide guilt or innocence. [4]

  4. Murder of Adam Walsh - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, Hollywood police chief Rick Stone conducted an exhaustive review of Adam's case after the release of John's book. At the time, Stone was a 22-year veteran of the Dallas, Texas and Wichita, Kansas police departments and had been appointed Hollywood's chief of police in the previous year. Although the crime happened 16 years before the ...

  5. Domestic violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Victims of Domestic Violence marker, Courthouse Square, Quincy, Florida Domestic violence is a form of violence that occurs within a domestic relationship. Although domestic violence often occurs between partners in the context of an intimate relationship, it may also describe other household violence, such as violence against a child, by a child against a parent or violence between siblings ...

  6. Strangling - Wikipedia

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    Manual strangulation is common in situations of domestic violence, [11] and is regarded by experts as an especially severe form of domestic violence, due to its extremely frightening and potentially lethal nature, and an observed correlation between non-fatal strangulation in domestic violence and future homicide.

  7. Missile launch control center - Wikipedia

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    This was an upgrade from the ILCS (Improved Launch Control System) capsules at the 341 MW that date to the late 1970s, and from the CDB capsules at the 90th and 91st missile wings. This was a major upgrade. The two launch control officers now sit side by side and must turn four launch keys to initiate a launch.

  8. Battery (crime) - Wikipedia

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    Aggravated battery generally is seen as a serious offense of felony grade. Aggravated battery charges may occur when a battery causes serious bodily injury or permanent disfigurement. As a successor to the common law crime of mayhem , this is sometimes subsumed in the definition of assault .

  9. List of methods of torture - Wikipedia

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    Ana-tsurushi; Batog; Birch rod; Boats; Branding iron; Brazen bull; Breaking wheel; Breast ripper; Cangue; Castor oil; Catapelta [citation needed]; Choke pear; Coffin ...