Idasinthidwa pa Epulo 4, 2024
2: 47 madzulo
By Jordan Laird
Bambo wazaka 31 adavomera ku Franklin County Common Pleas Court kuti adaukira bwenzi lake lakale mkati mwa nyumba yake ku Columbus West Side Ogasiti watha. Anamumenya nkhonya katatu kumaso ndi kufinya khosi lake kwa masekondi 10 mpaka 15, zomwe zinachititsa kuti mutu wake ukhale wopepuka.
Popepesa sabata yatha m’bwalo lamilandu kwa mayiyo, yemwe kunalibe, adati achita bwino.
Bamboyo adavomera kuti adakakamira ndipo Woweruza Karen Phipps adamulamula kuti akakhale m'ndende miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, chigamulo chomwe adalangizidwa papangano lachiwopsezo. Ndi masiku 163 (kupitirira miyezi isanu) ali kale m'ndende, adzakhala kunja mkati mwa masabata.
Mazana a anthu ku Franklin County akuimbidwa mlandu wokhomedwa kuyambira pamenepo Lamulo la Ohio linasintha chaka chapitacho pa Epulo 4, 2023 ndikupangitsa kuti mlanduwo ukhale wopalamula wosiyana ndi nkhanza zapakhomo.
Koma oimbidwa mlandu owerengeka ndi amene anaimbidwa mlandu wopalamula ndipo anagamulidwa kundende.
Ngakhale sizili zakupha, kudula kupuma kwa wina kumatha kuwapangitsa kutaya chidziwitso mkati mwa masekondi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ubongo uwonongeke kwakanthawi kapena kosatha ndipo kumakhala chizindikiro cha nkhanza zamtsogolo popeza ozunzidwa amakhala kasanu ndi kawiri. mothekera kuti pambuyo pake aphedwe ndi wowachitira nkhanza, malinga ndi Maria York, mkulu wa ndondomeko ku Ohio Domestic Violence Network.
Ophunzitsidwa kumene za kuopsa kwa chigawengacho komanso momwe angafunsire anthu omwe akuzunzidwa, apolisi aku County ku Franklin ati anthu ochita zachipongwe pamilandu yopitilira 810 mchaka chathachi, kuwirikiza kawiri zomwe aboma amayembekezera. Koma lamulo lomwe lalengezedwa kwambiri - lomwe amalimbikitsa ozunzidwa kwa zaka zambiri - silimatsogolera ku milandu yambiri ndipo nthawi zambiri limabweretsa nthawi yandende kwa omwe akuzunza m'nyumba ku Franklin County.
Atangomva mlandu wazaka 31 sabata yatha, a Phipps adagwiranso mlandu wina pomwe bambo wazaka 44 yemwe adayimbidwa mlandu wokhomerera adapempha kuti amuchitire chipongwe. Analandira chilango chokhalitsa kwa masiku 62 omwe anakhala kale m’ndende.
Mwa anthu 60 omwe anaimbidwa mlandu wokhomerera mu Epulo 2023 (mwezi woyamba womwe lamuloli lidayamba kugwira ntchito), awiri okha ndi omwe adapezeka kuti ndi olakwa, ndipo m'modzi adalandira chilango cha ukaidi. Analandira chigamulo cha zaka ziwiri ndipo anapewa kuweruzidwa pa mlandu wogwiririra, womwe akanatha kukhala m'ndende zaka 11.
Lamulo latsopanoli silimakonza zovuta zomwe zimadza chifukwa cha milandu yokhudzana ndi nkhanza zapakhomo. Ozenga mlandu amayenera kulimbana ndi kusowa kwa umboni pafupipafupi komanso ozunzidwa omwe nthawi zambiri amasiya kugwirizana kapena kukana umboni wawo, malinga ndi Wothandizira Woyimira milandu ku County Franklin a Daniel Meyer, mkulu wa ofesi ya Special Victims Unit.
Alexandria Ruden, loya woyang'anira pa Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, ndani naye analemba buku pa malamulo okhudza nkhanza za m'banja ku Ohio, adati milandu ndi sitepe yoyamba ndipo idzatenga nthawi kuti mabungwe achilungamo ayambe kuchitira nkhanza ngati mlandu waukulu.
"Ndikuganiza kuti lingaliro lolipiritsa pakadali pano ndilofunika kwambiri," adatero Ruden. "Kodi ndingakonde kuti onse ayimbidwe mlandu ndikuweruzidwa ndi mlanduwu momwe zilili? Inde. Koma mlanduwu sunagwirepo kanthu.”
Pakadali pano, a Ruden adati mfundo yoti maofesala, akatswiri azachipatala ndi ena tsopano akufunsa za kusokonekera, kulemba kuchuluka kwake komanso kulimbikitsa ozunzidwa ambiri kuti apeze chithandizo chamankhwala chomwe angafune ndiye kupambana kwake.
The Mount Carmel Health System, mwachitsanzo, inanena kuti kuyambira pomwe lamulo la Ohio lidasintha, lathandiza odwala 174 omwe adaphwanyidwa, omwe adwala mafupa angapo osweka, kuwonongeka kwa cartilage ndi aneurysms. Ndiko kukwera kwa 83% kuposa 2022.
Kusefukira kwa milandu yokhomerera
Milandu yopitilira 540 yokhomedwa idapangitsa kuti chaka chatha anthu 810 aimbidwe mlandu ndi apolisi, malinga ndi ofesi ya woimira boma.
Woyimira milandu wa Special Victims Unit (SVU) amayembekeza milandu pafupifupi 300 yokhomedwa pachaka, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti aboma nthawi zonse samafunsa mafunso oyenera omwe akuchitiridwa nkhanza zapakhomo kapena kulemba zonenedweratu za kutsekeka, adatero Meyer.
Pofuna kuti mlanduwu upitirire m’chaka chathachi, ofesi ya woimira boma pamilandu yawonjezera maloya awiri ku gulu lapadera la anthu amene anakhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi.
Ndipo a Columbus Division of Police apanga gulu la STOP (Strangulation Team Operations for Prosecution) kuti liphunzitse maofesala kuthana ndi milandu yokhomerera yocheperako chifukwa palibe ofufuza okwanira kuti athane ndi zonsezi. Ofufuza akugwirabe milandu yachiwiri yapagulu pomwe maofesala amayang'anira milandu yachitatu mpaka yachisanu.
Laurie Carney, wapolisi wapolisi ku Columbus m'gulu la nkhanza za m'banja komanso wotsogolera pulogalamu ya STOP, adati aphunzitsa apolisi ovala yunifolomu 47 ndi ma sergeants asanu ndi limodzi omwe adadzipereka kuchita maphunziro a maola 80. Carney wathandizanso kuphunzitsa maofesala onse aku Columbus momwe angayankhire bwino milandu yokhomedwa mpaka mkulu wa STOP kapena wapolisi wofufuza milandu atafika.
Milandu yocheperapo yokhomedwa yomwe yapangitsa kuti aphedwe mpaka pano
Mlandu umodzi wokha wokhomedwa udafika ku Franklin County chaka chatha, ndipo oweruza adapeza kuti woimbidwa mlandu alibe mlandu. Meyer adati mayiyo pamlanduwo adati chibwenzi chake chidam’nyonga ndi chingwe chobiriwira ndipo pamalopo adapezeka chingwe chobiriwira. Pambuyo pake, oweruzawo adauza maloya kuti amamukhulupirira, koma adapachikidwa pakhosi pake chifukwa chosowa zilembo, malinga ndi Meyer.
Mofanana ndi milandu yambiri yaupandu, kuponderezana nthawi zambiri kumathetsedwa ndi mapangano odandaula.
Ofesi ya Woyimira mlandu wa Franklin County sikutsata ziwonetsero chifukwa, Meyer adati, mlandu uliwonse ndi wapadera. Boma lililonse limapereka lipoti la momwe lamuloli likuyendera lidzatha pakapita miyezi kapena kuposerapo.
Dispatch idasanthula zolemba zamilandu 60 yomwe idayimbidwa mu Epulo 2023 ku Franklin County. Mwa iwo, asanu ndi awiri adavomera mlandu; 18 anena mlandu wolakwa; milandu inayi inathetsedwa chifukwa wozunzidwayo anasiya kugwirizana nawo kapena anasiya; ndipo milandu 31 sinayimbidwe mlandu kapena ikudikira.
Omwe adafika pachigamulo adalandira zilango zing'onozing'ono: oimbidwa asanu ndi anayi adaweruzidwa kuti akakhale m'ndende ndipo ena 14 adaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende (pakati pa masiku atatu ndi masiku 3).
Meyer adati akuluakulu amderali athandizira kusintha kwa malamulo mu June kapena Julayi, kotero The Dispatch idayang'ana milandu 70 yomwe idamangidwa m'boma mu Ogasiti 2023.
Pakadali pano, milandu ya mu Ogasiti yapangitsanso kuti anthu asamakhale ndi milandu yochepa kapena akaidi.
Pa milandu 70 imeneyi, anthu atatu amene akuimbidwa mlanduwo anavomera kuti anakomedwa pakhosi ndipo anayi anavomera milandu ina. Awiri mwa milanduyi adagamulidwa kuti akakhale kundende, ndipo onse adalandira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Milandu itatu ya Ogasiti idathetsedwa chifukwa wonenedwayo adakana kapena sanapite kukhothi. Anthu asanu omwe akuimbidwa mlandu adavomera kuti adalakwa, kuphatikiza nkhanza zapakhomo, chipwirikiti komanso kuphwanya malamulo. Ambiri mwa milandu ya Ogasiti, 55, sanaimbidwe mlandu pano kapena akudikira.
Mlandu wina wa Ogasiti, bambo wina waku Far North Side adamenya mwana wa miyezi 10 m'manja mwa mnzake kawiri asanagwire mkaziyo ndikumukulunga dzanja m'khosi, ndikumudula mpweya kwa masekondi 15 mpaka 30, malinga ndi zikalata zolipira. . Iye adavomereza kuti adachita nkhanza zapakhomo komanso zolakwika zomwe zimayika ana pachiswe. Woweruza wa khothi la Common Pleas a Jaiza Page adagamula bamboyo zaka zitatu kuti akhale mndende.
Nthawi zonse zikatheka pamilandu ya nkhanza zapakhomo, kukumana ndi kusowa kwa umboni kapena umboni wosagwirizana, Meyer adati maloya otsutsa amayesa kupeza chigamulo chamtundu wina, ngakhale chitakhala cholakwika. Koma zingakhale zovuta.
“Ngati tilibe umboni wogwirizana, ndiye kuti tilibe mlandu wochuluka,” anawonjezera motero.
Pamlandu womwe wathetsedwa mu Epulo, wapolisi waku Hilliard adalemba polipira zikalata kuti apolisi adayankha mayi wina atapempha thandizo. Iye adati chibwenzi chake chakale, bambo wa mwana wake wazaka 14, adamunyonga ndikumumenya mutu pokangana. Anali ndi kutupa kowonekera pansi pa diso lake ndipo bamboyo anali ndi zipsera pa mkono wake chifukwa cha zomwe mkaziyo amafuna kuthawa, wapolisiyo adalemba.
Mayiyo ndi wachinyamatayo anauza mkuluyo kuti mwamunayo wamugwira mkaziyo.
Loya woimira boma m’chigawocho anapempha woweruzayo kuti asiye mlanduwo mayiyo atasiya kugwirizana nawo ndipo anapempha kuti amuchotse.
Maria Houston, mkulu wa LSS CHOICES, malo osungira nkhanza zapakhomo ku Franklin County, adanena kuti pali zifukwa zambiri zomwe munthu wochitiridwa nkhanza zapakhomo sangagwirizane ndi akuluakulu a boma, kuphatikizapo kuopa wozunza, kudalira ndalama kwa wochita nkhanza kapena kufuna kuti asawone. munthu wamangidwa. Zitha kukhala zovuta makamaka kwa ozunzidwa akakhala ndi ana omwe akukhudzidwa, Houston adatero.
Oyimira milandu akuti mlandu wagwiritsidwa ntchito mopitirira muyeso
Maloya ena achitetezo ku Columbus adauza The Dispatch kuti ndi ochepa omwe akuimbidwa mlandu wokhomedwa chifukwa mlanduwu ukugwiritsidwa ntchito mopambanitsa ndi maofesala komanso maloya otsutsa.
Emily Anstaett, loya woyimira milandu ku Columbus, adati mgwirizano pakati pa anzawo ndikupusitsa ndi mlandu wa "kununkhira kwa mwezi".
"Pamene lamulo latsopano laupandu likhazikitsidwa, ndikuganiza kuti pali chikakamizo chofuna kuti mlanduwo upatsidwe," adatero Anstaett, yemwe adatinso mlanduwo unagwiritsidwa ntchito mopitirira muyeso pamene lamuloli linasintha koyamba.
Woyimira milandu wina, a Michael Siewert, adati abambo akuimbidwa mlandu wokomedwa pang'ono ngati kukankhira mapewa a mnzake wamkazi yemwe akuwaukira.
"Mwina zitha kukhala kuti apolisi akufufuza m'derali," adatero Siewert. "Angakhale akuyesera kukopa ziganizo kuti akhazikitse khosi m'malo mongodzipereka kwa woimba mlanduyo."
Woyimira pamlandu wothandizira a Meyer adakana kuti mlanduwu ukugwiritsidwa ntchito mopitilira muyeso, nati kupachika "sikuchulukitsidwa, ndikokwanira," ndikuwonjezera kuti amangoyankha pamilandu yomwe yaperekedwa kwa iwo.
Oyimira milandu adatinso umboni umakhala ukusowa pamilandu iyi.
Kupuma mpweya kungachititse kuti petechiae, kapena mawanga, awonekere pakhungu chifukwa cha mitsempha yophulika. Siewert adati ali ndi milandu pafupifupi 30 yokhomedwa, koma sanawonenso kuyezetsa komwe kukuwonetsa kuti kukomoka kunachitika.
Anstaett adati maofesala nthawi zambiri amajambula zithunzi za omwe akuvulala omwe akuvulala akangosemphana maganizo, koma mikwingwirima imatha kutenga maola angapo kuti iwonekere.
Jennifer Watson, wolankhulira apolisi ku Columbus, adati gululi silingathe kuyankha zomwe akuti mlanduwu wagwiritsidwa ntchito mopitilira muyeso.
Carney adati apolisi aku Columbus amasonkhanitsa umboni wochuluka momwe angathere kuti otsutsa asamangodalira umboni wozunzidwa. Anatinso apolisi nthawi zonse amalimbikitsa ozunzidwa kuti azitsatira achipatala kuti apeze chithandizo chamankhwala komanso kusonkhanitsa umboni, koma ozunzidwa nthawi zambiri safuna kutero pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana.
Otsutsa ati zitenga nthawi kuti lamuloli ligwire
Ruden adati anthu ena adakhumudwanso mu 1979 pomwe Ohio idapanga nkhanza zapakhomo mlandu ngakhale kumenyedwa kunali kale m'mabuku.
"Tidaunikira vuto. Anthu anayamba kuziona ngati vuto,” adatero Ruden. "Zimatenga zaka."
Senila wa Ohio Stephanie Kunze (R-Dublin) anabweretsa mabilu angapo mu Msonkhano Waukulu wa ku Ohio kwa zaka zambiri kuti apangitse kupha munthu mlandu wophwanya lamuloli asanalowetse bili ina.
"Kukhala ndi chida ichi m'bokosi la zida ndi sitepe yabwino, ngakhale sichinafikebe," adatero Kunze.
Gwero: The Columbus Dispatch - Chaka chotsatira, malamulo aku Ohio omwe amapanga nkhanza amawona zolakwa zochepa ku Franklin County