Domestic Abuse Laws Still Won’t Protect LGBT Victims, After Lawmakers Vote Down Bill
By NOLA on 05/23/2017
“…House Bill 27 would have struck language out of Louisiana’s current domestic violence laws that limit those protections only to partners “of the opposite sex.” The law, as currently written, prevents prosecutors from bringing domestic violence charges — which carry longer sentences and more serious penalties — when the suspected abuser is in a same-sex relationship with his or her victim. …”
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