An Arizona congressman is attempting to bring a state law that protects victims from their abusers to the federal level.
U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Surprise, this week introduced Kayleigh’s Law, which would allow for victims of federal sex crimes and violent felonies to petition courts to issue lifetime no-contact injunctions against convicted offenders.
Hamadeh, who is a former prosecutor, said he knows “how vulnerable victims can be, how determined their predators often are and how judges can frequently fail victims of crime.”
“That is why we must require federal courts to impose these lifetime injunctions when requested by the government or the victim during sentencing,” Hamadeh said, answering The Center Square's questions by email.
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