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Carter Sherman

US’s first registry of domestic abusers takes effect in Tennessee

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The Tennessee state capitol in Nashville in June 2020. Photograph: Jason Kempin/Getty Images

A state law creating the first registry of people convicted of domestic abuse in the US took effect Thursday in Tennessee.

Named after Savanna Puckett, a woman who was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend in January 2022, “Savanna’s law” requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to maintain a database of people who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to at least two domestic violence offenses.

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