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They fear it will make it even harder to get weapons out of the hands of convicted abusers. So much so that Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk had hoped to be carved out of the new law.
“We will see some disastrous consequences from the expansion of the percentage of the population that will have weapons on them at all times,” says Funk.
Especially for domestic violence, which according to him already comprises half of all violent crime in Nashville.
“We have had a number of domestic violence-related killings, and many of those, probably most of those are gun-related,” says Funk.
60 days to a career pathway program to help domestic violence survivors put abuse in the past
The Family Safety Center and Gradus Project team up to create a three-month program to promote financial independence for domestic violence survivors Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 8:19 AM CDT April 1, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A new program aims to take domestic violence survivors from unemployed or underemployed to a career pathway in 60 days.
Non-profits Family Safety Center and Gradus Project have teamed-up to create a three-month program to promote financial independence for domestic violence survivors called Project E.A.T.
Project E.A.T. stands for Project Earn Assistance Training. It s a three-month program to improve the lives of survivors through job training and education.
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When pandemic conditions ease up enough to start holding jury trials again, Shelby County prosecutors will be facing dozens of domestic abuse cases, which even in normal years comprise half of all violent crime.
One way to speed up this process, according to experts? Not relying on victims to testify.
This story was produced in partnership with the Institute for Public Service Reporting, and is part of the series Surging in Silence, which is supported by the Pulitzer Center.
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James is enrolled in a novel court-ordered therapy program that aims to reduce domestic violence. He accepted a diversion deal that will wipe his record clean if he successfully completes two years of probation in June. Image by Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to the Daily Memphian.
When police showed up at their door at midnight, it marked a terrible end to a lousy day. The married couple had started fighting that morning, over their daughter’s birthday party, and by evening, a mundane argument over who would cook dinner exploded.
According to arrest records, the wife said her husband followed her into the bedroom and “grabbed her with one hand around her neck and began choking her.’’ He tells a different story: He only grabbed his childhood sweetheart by the wrists. Theirs was simply a verbal altercation, he said.