States created innovative laws to allow the practice of battering. The ________ rule, stated that a husband could only be criminally prosecuted for injuring his wife if those injuries were severe enough to require stitches, was overturned in 1864 but continued as an informal determining factor used by police as to whether or not to make an arrest in cases of intimate partner violence.

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The Answer of States created innovative laws to allow the practice of battering. The ________ rule, stated that a husband could only be criminally prosecuted for injuring his wife if those injuries were severe enough to require stitches, was overturned in 1864 but continued as an informal determining factor used by police as to whether or not to make an arrest in cases of intimate partner violence.

States Created Innovative Laws to Allow the Practice of Battering