California: V-Day Call to Action & New Legal Right for DV Survivors
Maria Shriver was on the Today Show this morning promoting the Shriver Report about the changing role of women in America. It is hard to reconcile how this feminist First Lady […]
Category Archives: DV in the News
Pres. Obama Nominated Judge Susan B. Carbon as Director, Office on Violence Against Women, Dept. of Justice
On October 1, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Judge Susan B. Carbon (NH) to be the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (VAW) in the Department of Justice (DoJ). […]
DC Sniper Sentenced: It Started with Domestic Violence
DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to die on November 10 by Prince County, VA Judge Mary Grace O’Brien today for murdering Dean Meyers. Muhammad was dubbed the DC Sniper […]
Beauty & the Pit Bull Beast: Miss WA, Elyse Umemoto, Experienced Domestic Violence
She’s beautiful, talented, and brilliant. She was Miss Washington in 2007 and second runner-up in the 2008 Miss America pageant. When little girls think of beauty queens, they never imagine those beautiful […]
Rihanna & Chris Brown: February 8 Wasn’t the First Attack
CNN in a late breaking story is reporting that Rihanna and Chris Brown were involved in at least two incidents of domestic violence prior to the assault on February 8. CNN […]
Chris Brown Sentenced: 5 Years Probation
Judge Patricia Schnegg sentenced Chris Brown this afternoon to five years of felony probabtion and 180 days of community labor. The judge was emphatic that Brown serve, “actual physical labor, as […]
RIP: Stephen “Mike” Gallagher
There are good guys on the police force. Stephen “Mike” Gallagher was one of them.
On Monday night, this Lewis County, WA deputy sheriff was driving very fast to provide back-up on a domestic violence call. His patrol car hit an elk. Deputy Gallagher passed away on Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Nancy P. Tyler’s Continuing Nightmare
Nancy P. Tyler According to the Hartford Courant, a judge today denied Richard Shenkman’s request for a gag order. He was not happy with his ex-wife Nancy P. Tyler’s appearances […]
Bravo Mayor Bloomberg: Taking on Gun Control Lobby
Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was on Meet the Press this morning saying that he’s personally bankrolling a campaign to take on the National Rifle Association on […]
Update on Krazy Glue Vigilantes: Mirrors Plot of Fern Michaels’ “Free Fall” and Why They Did It
Reporters must not read Fern Michaels’ books. Her Revenge of the Sisterhood series includes Free Fall in which Yoko Akia finally holds Michael Lyons, her billionaire movie-star father, accountable for her mother […]
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