Credit Allegra Boverman
Former Whitefield State Senator Jeff Woodburn was sentenced to 60 days in jail Tuesday on domestic violence charges from 2018 that include biting his then-domestic partner.
In May, a Coos County jury convicted Woodburn, 56, on four charges, dismissing five others.
Woodburn has maintained he acted in self-defense and hoped to avoid jail time. Meanwhile, prosecutors asked Judge Peter Bornstein to require Woodburn to begin serving his sentence immediately. After his trial, Woodburn said he felt vindicated because jurors had dismissed most of the charges he faced. Citing those comments, prosecutors asked the judge to send Woodburn a message.
“It is clear the defendant lacks remorse,” prosecutors wrote in a pre-sentencing memo.