A New Rochelle woman is the first person in Westchester County to have her prison sentence reduced under a state law that recognizes the trauma victims of domestic violence can suffer. AielloTV reports.
to have her prison sentence reduced under a state law that recognizes the trauma victims of domestic violence can suffer.
She will now leave prison five years early after a resentencing under New York's Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act. "The law specifically allows us now to have motions to reduce a sentence that has already been established and allow a judge to actually grant that reduction," said Westchester DA Mimi Rocah.
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