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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story includes topics that some readers might find disturbing. An individual in an abusive relationship is more than seven times as likely to be killed by their partner if they’ve been strangled ...

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.