SPONSOR SENATE

SENATOR LOU RAPTAKIS:

 https://www.rilegislature.gov/senators/Raptakis/Pages/Biography.aspx

COSPONSORS: 

SPONSOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH SOLOMON:

https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/solomon/Pages/Biography.aspx

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS FOR SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION.... "MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE" !! 

FIND YOUR LOCAL STATE LEGISLATORS SITE.. CLICK ON AND PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN.... 

 https://open.pluralpolicy.com/find_your_legislator/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPuIGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWcTZyWnVrMmV5TFJsZ2Yxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjSfNczAurysi-rwmdSc3xEIbju8YKRgSYK9eb6lF5ntQyxSIa_50dMMDjlV_aem_AKRiq_g9mURxJ5jOow_2YQ

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES : 

https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/default.aspx

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF SENATE...

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JACOB GALLANT SET OUT WITH THE INTENT TO TAKE A LIFE THAT DAY... HE FAILED AND SHOULD NOT BE "REWARDED" WITH A "LESSER " SENTENCE FOR FAILING AT WHAT HE "INTENDED" TO DO !! 

https://warwickpost.com/gallant-pleads-no-contest-stabbing-serve-25-years-aci/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/victim-2017-rite-aid-stabbing-201358628.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL0rjDBqOsZJZ3MNKmd27JRi-rBdt1HhMsuK6nmu4iZ7ZYmeD_sfgP7dFg2UZ0pt_D0V9Py_SbCGRRqdzegW4fhsSdbDzlwesedQPmdnbYhRd4qUDiqMWj9RUVeR4dZXtc5Xekv-4O3Kuu5XQuMuL3PcRUEyowlu0emxXEPydPDl

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/warwick-stabbing-victim-urges-state-to-deny-attackers-parole/

KNIVES, HAMMERS, AND GUNS ... ALL INVOLVED IN A NEW YEARS EVE OF ASSAULTS !! 

https://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-years-a-night-of-shootings-a-stabbing-and-a-hammer-attack-in-prov

WHEN YOUTH GO "WRY" AND CHARGED WITH THE MOST HEINOUS OF CRIMES , "MURDER" !!

https://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-12-year-olds-and-11-year-old-arrested-for-assaulting-critically-injurin

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/courts/2026/01/27/providence-ri-youths-will-be-charged-with-murder-in-brutal-attack/88380069007/

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/courts/2026/01/27/providence-ri-youths-will-be-charged-with-murder-in-brutal-attack/88380069007/

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/01/28/prosecutors-charge-four-children-with-murder-in-fatal-providence-attack/

WHEN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS ARE NO LONGER "SAFE PLACES " !!

WHEN HOSPITAL STAFF ARE AT RISK AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOO!!   "NO PLACE SAFE" FOR ASSAULT !! 

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/butler-hospital-assault-suspect-faces-judge/#:~:text=Elias%20Dominguez%2C%2034%2C%20has%20been%20charged%20with%20three,a%20police%20officer%2C%20disorderly%20conduct%2C%20and%20resisting%20arrest.

https://apnews.com/article/hockey-rink-shooting-hero-rhode-island-pawtucket-fcf58def325c4c6698775e5d46e260fc

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/16/rhode-island-ice-rink-shooting-pawtucket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Brown_University_shooting

https://riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-law-enforcement-partners-announce-death-suspect-brown

HAMMER ATTACK ON INNOCENT MOTHER AND CHILD AT APT. COMPLEX....

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mother-son-recovering-after-hammer-attack-in-cranston/ar-AA1Llh6c

https://www.norc.org/research/library/personal-costs-of-crime-are-lasting-and-unequal.html

https://thisweekinpublichealth.com/blog/2024/08/26/an-overlooked-cost-of-crime/

THE HAVEN REPORThttps://www.norc.org/content/dam/norc-org/pdf2024/OJP-Final-Report-New-Estimates-Costs-Criminal-Victimization.pdf : 

CHRIS AMARAL... A GLIMPSE OF DARKNESS

https://turnto10.com/archive/gallery/man-who-stabbed-co-worker-to-be-sentenced?photo=1

https://patch.com/rhode-island/cranston/man-who-stabbed-cranston-woman-20-times-pleads-guilty

https://www.eastbayri.com/stories/bristol-man-sentenced-to-20-years-for-2011-stabbing,4581

https://patch.com/rhode-island/cranston/amaral-gets-20-years-for-attempted-murder