FROM: Amy Cornell, Public Information Officer CONTACT PERSON: Rolanda Pierre-Dixon, Assistant District Attorney (408) 792-2533 For release on February 13, 2008 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEATH REVIEW REPORT, 2007 NEWS CONFERENCE February 14, 2008, 11 a.m. District Attorney’s Office 70 West Hedding Street, West Wing, 3rd Floor Conference Room The Domestic Violence Death Review Committee will release the 2007 report on domestic violence related deaths in Santa Clara County at a news conference on Thursday, February 14th, 2008. The Domestic Violence Death Review Committee is a multi-disciplinary team that studies the circumstances surrounding domestic violence deaths, and what changes can be made in our system to help potential future victims. The committee is made up of representatives from the District Attorney’s Office, Department of Corrections, local law enforcement agencies, therapeutic community, battered women’s advocacy agencies, Probation Department, Pretrial Services, Asian Pacific Family Communities Against Domestic Violence, San Jose’s Family/Domestic Violence Advisory Board, Family Court Services, Family Law Bar, Victim Witness, and the Coroner’s Office. When you arrive for the conference, please check in at the first floor receptionist’s office for a visitor’s badge. You will then be escorted up to the conference. ###