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Safe Harbor’s Angela Verdery was interviewed live on WRIC8’s 5:30 p.m. broadcast June 26, 2012 to discuss the new law making strangulation a felony in Virginia. This law goes into effect July 1, 2012. This law adds another tool for law enforcement officers and prosecutors in handling domestic violence cases in the legal system. To learn more about this law and why it was needed, read our press release on the topic.