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Everett prosecutor urges ordinance to make exposing a child to domestic violence a separate offense
Summary
Everett city prosecutor Grace Sinclair briefed the City Council Oct. 29 on a draft ordinance to add "exposing a minor child to domestic violence" to Everett Municipal Code Chapter 10.16.
Everett city prosecutor Grace Sinclair told the City Council Oct. 29 she is seeking to amend Everett Municipal Code Chapter 10.16 to make it a crime to commit a domestic-violence offense in the immediate presence of a minor child.
Sinclair said the proposed code change is intended to be prosecuted only in conjunction with an underlying domestic-violence charge and would add a separate sentencing enhancement (she described "at least 15 days" in addition to the domestic-violence sentence). She cited psychological and…
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