When a woman in Ohio was arrested for domestic violence, she was charged with an additional felony and sentenced to five years in prison.
The woman, Ashley D. Butler, was arrested in March 2016 after her daughter’s boyfriend accused her of domestic violence.
He allegedly threatened to kill her and she was forced to give up her daughter to a protective order, according to court records.
Her case has been turned over to a grand jury and Butler is scheduled to go on trial on April 24.
According to The Plain Dealer, the case has led to calls for a change in Ohio’s laws regarding domestic violence and sexual assault.
The Ohio State University law school says that Butler’s case is unique because of the fact that it was brought against a former employee of the company that employs her, according.
The Ohio attorney general’s office told the paper that Butler was given a “very serious” charge of aggravated assault.
It also said that she was released from jail after serving six days.
“I’m proud of her for coming forward,” said Andrea P. O’Malley, a professor at the University of Ohio’s law school.
“I think this is a very important example for women to be able to come forward and report sexual assault.”
She was the first woman to face charges of domestic assault in Ohio.
In the past few years, Ohio has become one of the states where sexual assault has become a more common occurrence in households where a husband or boyfriend is the sole breadwinner.
That has created a situation where women and men who work with corporations are facing charges of aggravated sexual assault, the same charge that Butler faced.
The new charges against Butler also came after a man who was a corporate law partner to the man who accused Butler was sentenced to three years in federal prison.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which had issued a preliminary injunction against Butler.
The ruling overturned a lower court ruling that had granted the EEOC temporary authority to order Butler’s termination.
The Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on whether to take up Butler’s appeal.
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