Domestic violence bill faces opposition | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram:
"Domestic violence bill faces opposition
The measure would allow tracking devices as a condition of bail in cases involving protection orders.
By Rebekah Metzler rmetzler@mainetoday.com
MaineToday Media State House Writer
AUGUSTA — A proposal to allow courts to require electronic monitoring of people charged with or convicted of violating a protection from abuse order ran into opposition Monday during a public hearing before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee..."
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Will they also be putting the tracking device on the women, or will that be an invasion of their privacy?
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