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Alaska city might end domestic violence law

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2001

In order to cut costs, the city of Fairbanks is considering repealing its domestic violence law and passing prosecution and incarceration duties onto the state.

The city pays more than $75,000 a year to jail domestic violence offenders, said a city council who wants the law repealed. Prosecution costs are not known.

If the law is repealed, police would continue to investigate domestic violence as usual.

Alaska Native women are victims of domestic violence at disproportionately high rates.

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Fairbanks may repeal domestic violence law (AP 11/22)

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