domestic-violence

At the time of his domestic-violence convictions in the early 1990s, the statute didn't exist—but later it was applied to him.

As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines Gary Fields 2011

Ms. Ciammetti, who is about to start a new job as an executive director of a shelter for domestic-violence victims, teaches cooking classes part-time and works one night a week at another restaurant.

This Week, It's Italian, Next Week, Californian Elizabeth Garone 2012

Mr. Mirkarimi, who was sworn in Jan. 8 as the city's sheriff, was charged on Friday with misdemeanor counts of domestic-violence battery, dissuading a witness and child endangerment in connection with an alleged Dec. 31 incident involving his wife, according to District Attorney George Gascon .

San Francisco Sheriff's Case Puts Mayor on Spot Justin Scheck 2012

While domestic-violence homicides have steadily declined nationally over the past 30 years, it remains one of the few crime categories tied to the economy.

Mayor Touts 'Safest Decade' Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011

The charges come in a city where law-enforcement officials have long prided themselves on strong enforcement of domestic-violence laws.

San Francisco Sheriff's Case Puts Mayor on Spot Justin Scheck 2012

A Creative Sentence: Flowers, Red Lobster Dinner, Bowling After a spat with his wife last week, a Plantation, Fla., man found himself at a bond hearing in front of Broward Circuit Judge John "Jay" Hurley, facing a domestic-violence charge.

Proceedings | Highlights from the WSJ's Law Blog 2012

David Paterson of allegations that he had interfered with a domestic-violence case involving a top aide.

Ethics Pick Questioned Jacob Gershman 2012

Over the same period, nearly 600,000 gun purchases were prevented because of criminal records, including misdemeanor crimes and domestic-violence convictions, representing about 73% of the NICS denials.

Many Mentally Ill Can Buy Guns Vanessa O'Connell 2011

Why did HHS add this birth-control insurance mandate—along with "well-woman visits, breast-feeding support and domestic-violence screening," and "all without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible"—to its implementation of a provision of the new health-care reform law?

The Real Trouble With the Birth-Control Mandate John H. Cochrane 2012

While the San Francisco Police Department is in charge of most law-enforcement functions in the city, the sheriff's office runs the county jail and also administers programs to assist domestic-violence offenders as well as victims of domestic violence.

San Francisco Sheriff's Case Puts Mayor on Spot Justin Scheck 2012