A Louisiana State Police Lieutenant was arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department following an off-duty domestic violence incident. Forty-year-old James Jefferson III, of Baton Rouge, was arrested ...

Opinion: HB 121 jeopardizes federal funding because shelters are already explicitly prohibited from discriminating against ...

A new law allows courts to impose lesser sentences if it can be determined the defendant was a victim of domestic violence at ...

Seven women filed for re-sentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors Act, a new law that considers domestic violence evidence.

Charles Williams, 48, of Auburn, entered a guilty plea to two counts of aggravated family offense, both Class E felonies, and ...

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan quickly blocked the order from going into effect and, Monday, she issued a more robust ...

In light of the 2025 legislative session, the House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that could bring more help to victims of domestic violence.

Alcohol played a factor in a man physically harming two people at a home.

The reintroduction of the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act comes as survivors of abuse are in desperate need of support.

New law, which has yet to be adopted by the other house in the entity parliament, gives police much greater powers to intervene in cases of domestic violence, detain suspects – and monitor offenders ...

Lawmakers met for a hearing on multiple bills in the works this legislative session. This act would have school ...