Lawmakers spent a sunny Saturday in Salem pushing though bills so they could end the short, even-year session and go home. While the session had its share of disappointments, 2018 will go down as a ...

Jason J. Shackelford faced several charges for physically and sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend in December 2019. But among the most serious was strangulation, a second-degree felony. The ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new crime is now defined in state law. This month, a felony crime of strangulation, including a definition of strangulation as “knowingly and willfully restricting another person ...

The U.S. Army Military Police School's Behavioral Sciences Education and Training Division recently completed two of the three scheduled pilot courses for their new three-day Multidisciplinary ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. – Strangulation can "very well" be a precursor to homicide, as it was in the case of deceased 22-year-old Gabby Petito, experts say. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue on Tuesday ...

Molly Vick had only lived with her ex-boyfriend for a few months when he yanked her out of bed by her hair, beat her about her body and strangled her. “Authorities need to realize they’re talking to ...

Oregon has lagged behind other states in taking seriously the crime of strangulation. The crime is a felony in many other states but often charged as a misdemeanor in Oregon, as WW reported last year.

Prof. Dr. Kadriye Bakırcı explains why non-lethal strangulation should be legally recognized as a specific offense, drawing on the example of recent legal reforms in England and Wales. Strangulation ...