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Habitual domestic violence offenders are rarely charged under a state statute providing for felony prosecution of a defendant with three prior domestic abuse midmeanors, according to a Denver Post review of state court records. Some prosecutors say they don’t use the law because it is “ineffective.”
From the story:
There have been just 155 convictions of domestic violence habitual offenders on felony charges in Colorado in the past 15 years….. That's just over 10 per year.
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