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Gov. Janet Mills
Gov. Janet Mills got personal during a Wednesday press conference about a new report from the state s Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel.
She described a young woman who was in an abusive relationship with a man that was an alcoholic and one night held a gun to her head. Mills says the woman packed her bags and left.
“That woman went to law school, she became a prosecutor, later Attorney General and now is the Governor of the State of Maine. I will never forget that night, and I will always know I was one of the lucky ones, Mills said during the event at the State House.
Domestic violence murders remain a serious problem in Maine
Maine s Attorney General released a biennial report on the battle to stop domestic murders, which make up 43% of all murders in Maine. Author: Cindy Williams (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:05 PM EDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 5:28 AM EDT April 29, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey released the 13th Biennial Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel Report on Wednesday.
This edition features a 20-year retrospective on the progress made in preventing domestic abuse homicides and the challenges that remain.
“We have seen families ripped apart by domestic violence,” Frey said.
The report focuses on the 18 domestic homicides in Maine from 2018 through 2019. Together, they account for nearly 43 percent of Maine s total homicides during that period.
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The statewide nonprofit the Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer (mcfpc.org) offers men and women the opportunity to reach out to others through its “One2One Confidential” outreach call-in program.
Thirteen men and women have been trained and stand ready to respond via phone, according to a news release by Sandy Jaeger, a member of the coalition board.
Periodically, the facilitator, Nelson Leavitt, hosts training sessions so that those who have been on their prostate cancer journey can work most comfortably with those calling in. The training and the One2one Confidential conversations are free.
The training will likely take place in the Augusta area during May and will be a hybrid experience, so it will also be possible for those who cannot attend in person to Zoom in. To apply or to have questions answered about this program, call Leavitt at 1-855-552-7200 ext 801 or email [email protected]. Individuals also can call to speak confidentially to someone ab
The View From Here: Giving Maine’s domestic abusers a chance to change
Challenging the beliefs that lead to family violence is a job for everyone.
We think we know the perpetrators of domestic abuse.
They are jealous, possessive tyrants who use physical strength and psychological torture to control their partners, sometimes to the point of death.
IF YOU NEED HELP
If you or someone you know is being affected by domestic violence, help is available through the Statewide Domestic Abuse Helpline: 1-866-834-HELP
• Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
• Through These Doors, Cumberland County, 1-800-537-6066 or 207-874-1973