Committee recommends 'ought not to pass' on proposed changes to strangulation law after contested briefs
After extended testimony from defense attorneys, public defenders, prosecutors and advocates, the Judiciary Committee voted 9–0 (5 absent) to recommend 'ought not to pass' on LD 1572, citing the need for more work to reconcile divergent views on whether and how to treat strangulation and suffocation in aggravated-domestic-assault statutes.
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The Judiciary Committee heard competing views on LD 1572, which would change prosecution standards for nonfatal strangulation and suffocation in domestic-violence cases. The session featured testimony from criminal-defense counsel, the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services, the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, and the Maine Prosecutors Association.
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