Hey lawyers, How strict are the domestic violence laws in Arizona?
My nasty neighbor is moving to Arizona (thank God) from Michigan. His current wife went to the police with marks on her body, but she didn't press charges and the creep wasn't even arrested. His previous girlfriend also had him arrested, but he was able to have his record expunged because it was his first offense and they sent him to a couple of classes, big deal! What if he hits his wife in Arizona. Will he be let off free again or are the laws more strict.
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The laws, and enforcement are pretty much the same everywhere. Someone MUST press charges against him. Sometimes, if the spouse doesn't the police will, but it's got to be pretty bad for that to happen. Let's hope she wakes up and leaves the bast@ard.
If his wife won't press charges, the law doesn't have much latitude to do anything, no matter how much they may want to.
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