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Pennsylvania Legislators Urge Repeal of Ordinance That Unfairly Targets Domestic Violence Victims

Innocent Tenants and Landlords Penalized for Reporting Abuse

NORRISTOWN, Pa.–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2013.  Pennsylvania state representatives today urged the repeal of an unconstitutional municipal ordinance in the city of Norristown that punishes innocent tenants and their landlords for requesting police assistance. The ordinance was challenged last week by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton, LLP on behalf of a domestic violence victim, Lakisha Briggs, who faced…

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