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JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR GETS TOUGH ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS
Explaining 2025 has seen a spike in homicides related to domestic violence in Jackson County, now accounting for about 1 in 3 homicides up from about 1 in 12 homicides for the same period last year, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said at the May 12 South Kansas City Alliance meeting she intends to file state felony charges against domestic abusers who have physically harmed their vict...