“It’s past time for our political leaders to listen to their constituents and put a stop to this violence,” said a Jewish-American advocacy group. Most members of the U.S. Congress have thus far refused to support a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel’s siege and airstrikes inflict horrific damage on the occupied territory. But according to […]
[content id=”79272″] The Justice Department announced Friday the launch of a pilot program under the 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that will allow Alaska Native Tribes to seek to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) over non-Indian offenders for certain crimes, including crimes of sexual and domestic violence. The Department’s implementation […]
[content id=”79272″] “Intimate partner firearm homicide is increasing as the Supreme Court debates whether people subject to domestic violence restraining orders should be allowed to possess firearms,” said the president of national gun control group Brady. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case centered on a law that restricts access to firearms […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 41-year-old Troy Lyle Smith for Domestic Violence Strangulation and Fear Assault that occurred on January 3, 2021, and for Escape in the Third Degree committed while on conditions of release in this case in August 2022. Judge McKenna sentenced Smith to serve eight years […]