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New Louisiana Law named for DeSoto Parish victim

A bill named for the DeSoto Parish woman killed by her estranged husband has passed the Louisiana legislature, less than a month after her death. 

 

Gwen Salley was shot to death by her husband Michael Salley on May 2, just a week after she filed a protective order against him. The order filed on April 29 listed the Salley's divorce as pending. Michael Salley had just been released on $50,000 bond from a previous domestic violence charge when he abducted the 39-year-old mother from their daughter's daycare in Stonewall, forced her to drive into Caddo Parish and down a logging road, and then shot and killed her before turning the gun on himself.

 

Senate Bill 292 establishes grounds for immediate divorce when a spouse or child has been physically or sexually abused by the other spouse and when a protective order or injunction has been issued against the other spouse. It also tightens bail restrictions for domestic violence offenders. 

 

Gwen's Law received unanimous approval in the Louisiana House Tuesday, three weeks to the day Salley was buried. Now Gwen's law is headed to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal for his signature.

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