Louisiana HB160 increases penalties for domestic violence offenses involving strangulation.
Louisiana HB160 amends existing laws to increase the maximum penalty for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation. Specifically, it raises the maximum imprisonment term from three years to ten years for both battery of a dating partner and domestic abuse battery when strangulation is involved. This change aims to address the severity of strangulation in domestic violence cases.
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