Judge Sentences Domestic Abuser To Take His Wife To Dinner 
Domestic violence is not a joke. No cheese, pat on the head, something odd. Women in the U.S. experience 4.8 million incidents of violence by their partners each year. In 2005, three women a day were killed by an intimate partner. This is an epidemic, which kills women. All abuses are to be taken seriously.
So when a judge calls a violent incident "very minor" and - bogglingly - phrases that the author of "take your wife to dinner", making the pursuit of these serious violations incredible joke and undermines all the messages that Violence against women is wrong.
Florida resident Sonja Bray, 39, said she and her husband, Joseph Bray, got into a verbal altercation when he forgot his birthday. The argument escalated Bray pushed his wife on the couch, grabbed her by the throat and threatened (but not hit) with his fist. Ms. Bray has contacted the police and her husband was arrested. This week in the courtroom, the judge called the incident "very, very minor," Ms. Bray said then that your favorite restaurant. He then ordered Mr. Bray to buy her flowers, take her to a restaurant for dinner and attend counseling. The case is closed.
The judge see Mrs. Bray about whether she felt threatened by her husband and would welcome him home before the imposition of the However, many victims of abuse feel differently about the incident after it happens "penalty". Where the first time they feel threatened and, once they reach a place of security you can feel guilt, shame and anxiety. And their partners will often be the best behavior, buying her gifts of victims and take them out for dinner - that the court ordered - until the cycle begins again.
Sometimes women are lucky. Sometimes the abuse does not happen again. However, we have laws in place for one reason: to protect the vulnerable. And flowers and dinner is not what anyone would call a "deterrent" to violence.
Domestic violence is not a joke. No cheese, pat on the head, something odd. Women in the U.S. experience 4.8 million incidents of violence by their partners each year. In 2005, three women a day were killed by an intimate partner. This is an epidemic, which kills women. All abuses are to be taken seriously.
So when a judge calls a violent incident "very minor" and - bogglingly - phrases that the author of "take your wife to dinner", making the pursuit of these serious violations incredible joke and undermines all the messages that Violence against women is wrong.
Florida resident Sonja Bray, 39, said she and her husband, Joseph Bray, got into a verbal altercation when he forgot his birthday. The argument escalated Bray pushed his wife on the couch, grabbed her by the throat and threatened (but not hit) with his fist. Ms. Bray has contacted the police and her husband was arrested. This week in the courtroom, the judge called the incident "very, very minor," Ms. Bray said then that your favorite restaurant. He then ordered Mr. Bray to buy her flowers, take her to a restaurant for dinner and attend counseling. The case is closed.
The judge see Mrs. Bray about whether she felt threatened by her husband and would welcome him home before the imposition of the However, many victims of abuse feel differently about the incident after it happens "penalty". Where the first time they feel threatened and, once they reach a place of security you can feel guilt, shame and anxiety. And their partners will often be the best behavior, buying her gifts of victims and take them out for dinner - that the court ordered - until the cycle begins again.
Sometimes women are lucky. Sometimes the abuse does not happen again. However, we have laws in place for one reason: to protect the vulnerable. And flowers and dinner is not what anyone would call a "deterrent" to violence.
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