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Maine bail bill addresses domestic violence

By Glenn Adams

 |  Associated Press  

  February 14, 2012

The murders last June of a mother and her two children in Dexter underscores the need for legislation addressing bail in domestic violence cases, lawmakers were told yesterday. But even as the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee took testimony on the bail proposal, it was told that Governor Paul LePage is planning next week to unveil his own package of domestic violence measures that will complement the bill presented yesterday.

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