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Jeannette Phillips, AMHC sexual assault client advocate, participates in Teal Tuesday. Each Tuesday in April, the community is encouraged to wear teal to highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
(Courtesy of AMHC)
Jeannette Phillips, AMHC sexual assault client advocate, participates in Teal Tuesday. Each Tuesday in April, the community is encouraged to wear teal to highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
(Courtesy of AMHC)
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Contributed • April 14, 2021 AMHC Sexual Assault Services joins the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault to highlight April as Sexual Assualt Awareness Month.
CARIBOU, Maine AMHC Sexual Assault Services joins the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault to highlight April as Sexual Assualt Awareness Month.
The View From Here: With domestic abuse, we are all witnesses
It’s everyone’s responsibility to speak up when they suspect partner violence, no matter how awkward that may be.
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Rhonda Pattelena was beaten to death on York Beach last month in broad daylight, in sight of multiple witnesses.
Jeffrey J. Buchannan, her former domestic partner, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with murder. And as often happens in cases like this, people wonder whether the responsibility extends further.
IF YOU NEED HELP
If you or someone you know is being affected by domestic violence, help is available through the Statewide Domestic Abuse Helpline: 1-866-834-HELP
The measure would also eliminate the minimum stay for youths committed to the state's only youth detention center, and would commit no one younger than age 14.
Lawmakers consider bill to prohibit prosecuting anyone younger than 12
The measure would also eliminate the minimum stay for youths committed to the state s only youth detention center, and would commit no one younger than age 14.
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In 2019, 16 children under the age of 12 were charged with a crime in Maine, three of them younger than 10. In 2020, eight children under 12 faced criminal charges. While some were serious crimes such as arson, most would be misdemeanors for adults, such as assault or theft.
Legislators are considering a proposal that would bring those numbers to zero by setting the minimum age of criminal prosecution at 12 years old. As of last year, Maine would be one of only three states to do so, according to data from the National Juvenile Defender Center.
Two years ago, lawmakers provided $5 million for distribution to organizations that work with victims of domestic violence. The proposed state budget this