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Originally Posted by Mack184
My concern & sympathy is 100% with the victims. The more resources they have, the better. I have no pity for and don't believe in any excuses or squishy "understanding" for the aggressors. The only thing they deserve is severe punishment. That's all I'm going to add since to go any farther will take us into the politcal area which is forbidden by the board.
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Not sure you got the point about it being hard to define "victim" in some domestic violence cases. They is usually a lot of grey areas in these matters. The Anthony case is a good one to point out grey areas. The little girl Caylee is clearly a victim in the whole tragedy but the evidence was not at all that clear about what happened within the Anthony family. I did get the impression that domestic violence was probably involved. I was not a juror in that matter so I really would not have got all of the facts that the lawyers were allowed to present.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
I do believe that the protections provided by the US and State Constitutions in the criminal justice system are very important and could hardly be called as ending up with "squishy" results.