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05-13-2012, 11:19 AM
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Making attempted strangulation a more serious offense
Attempted strangulation cases have long vexed police and prosecutors seeking stiff penalties for attacks. The act can leave victims close to death, but unlike blows that produce a black eye or broken nose, it generally leaves few, if any, external signs of injury needed to prove a felony assault charge. An attempted murder charge is also hard to sustain in cases where suspects intend to frighten rather than kill. As a result, advocates say, suffocation cases have historically been handled as misdemeanors that don't reflect the act's severity or carry meaningful punishment.
About 30 states have passed laws, most in the past decade, making it a felony under certain conditions to knowingly impede someone's breathing.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...law/54935268/1
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05-13-2012, 11:28 AM
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It doesn't fall under attempted murder? There's bruising around the neck, sometimes burst blood vessels in the eyes, how about the hyoid bone being damaged - no way of checking for that with the patient/victim still alive?
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05-13-2012, 12:03 PM
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it's time for the Guillotine, again
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They need blood and bruising to see an injury!
Anoxic brain damage....meh.
He was just roughhousing.
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05-13-2012, 12:58 PM
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Maybe I'd better read the article...
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05-14-2012, 08:17 AM
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Jeez , dunno what I will do on the weekends now .
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