{"id":573751,"date":"2019-10-30T18:46:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=573751"},"modified":"2019-10-30T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T00:58:39","slug":"is-domestic-violence-a-federal-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/is-domestic-violence-a-federal-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Domestic Violence a Federal Offense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t turn it into a federal case.&#8221;\u00a0 You&#8217;ve may have heard that saying, understanding it means making something more serious than it should be.\u00a0 An indictment and charges in federal court are actually <em>very<\/em> serious.\u00a0 Media <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-573759 alignright lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Is-Domestic-Violence-a-Federal-Offense-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Is Domestic Violence a Federal Offense\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Is-Domestic-Violence-a-Federal-Offense-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Is-Domestic-Violence-a-Federal-Offense-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Is-Domestic-Violence-a-Federal-Offense-216x120.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Is-Domestic-Violence-a-Federal-Offense.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>reporting in Charlotte has left some to ask, &#8220;Is domestic violence a Federal Offense?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While that may be the case in Charlotte, it&#8217;s reasonable to ask, &#8220;Is that true in eastern North Carolina and the OBX too?\u00a0 Will all US Attorney offices in North Carolina start prosecuting federal offenses related to DV charges?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Local Charlotte TV station WSOCTV reports that Andrew Murray, the United States Attorney appointed by President Trump as the chief prosecutor in the federal court system in the Western District of North Carolina, is considering whether federal charges may also be appropriate in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/is-domestic-violence-a-federal-offense\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Is Domestic Violence a Federal Offense?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t turn it into a federal case.&#8221;\u00a0 You&#8217;ve may have heard that saying, understanding it means making something more serious than it should be.\u00a0 An indictment and charges in federal court are actually very serious.\u00a0 Media reporting in Charlotte has left some to ask, &#8220;Is domestic violence a Federal Offense?&#8221; While that may be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[331,335,336],"class_list":["post-573751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-charges","tag-domestic-violence","tag-durham-criminal-lawyer","tag-dv-charges-in-durham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Domestic Violence a Federal Offense? 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