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01-14-2009, 07:00 PM
Four senators are supporting a proposal to increase penalties for domestic abuse. The support for harsher domestic violence legislation comes after an increase in the number of reported cases in 2008. Statistics indicate that between 2005 and 2008 673 women were killed as a result of domestic violence and six women have already died in the first weeks of 2009. Senator Cristina Lizardo is calling on all women who are victims of domestic violence to report the situation to police. Though there has been a push to increase support for abused women, many feel they still don't have sufficient support to go through with pressing charges.
The latest horror story is that of Lenny Maria Urena, who sought the protection of the Department Against Gender Violence of the Prosecutors Office in Moca. She had placed claims of abuse by her husband Jose Hilario Rivas hours before. The man penetrated the department and beat his wife who was seven-months pregnant with a stick in front of all. He destroyed a camera of a secretary that tried to capture his abuse. Judge Deyanira Cruceta and Vanessa Mora said they have requested protection for the office, that is only staffed by woman and a male messenger that was not present at the time of the aggression.
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The latest horror story is that of Lenny Maria Urena, who sought the protection of the Department Against Gender Violence of the Prosecutors Office in Moca. She had placed claims of abuse by her husband Jose Hilario Rivas hours before. The man penetrated the department and beat his wife who was seven-months pregnant with a stick in front of all. He destroyed a camera of a secretary that tried to capture his abuse. Judge Deyanira Cruceta and Vanessa Mora said they have requested protection for the office, that is only staffed by woman and a male messenger that was not present at the time of the aggression.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)