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| Officials commend ‘Leah’s Law’ effort |
| By The Daily Telegram |
| Published: 02/26/2008 |
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WISCONSIN - When a neighbor knocked on the door in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2006, what Leah Gustafson didn’t know killed her. The 29-year-old Superior woman had no way of knowing that the neighbor on the other side, Jason Richard Borelli, had a long history of violent offenses, many of them against women. Unlike the courts that prosecuted him in five northern Wisconsin counties, Gustafson had no way of knowing Borelli was a habitual offender with a history of violence against women. It’s a record that included an attack against a Rice Lake woman, an assault on his mother and threats against the mother of his children. Leah’s friends and family — with the support of the Superior Days delegation — were back in Madison today hoping to convince lawmakers the time has come to give people tools that could have helped Gustafson protect herself from the fatal attack. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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