I totally agree, but your question is what can be done, and I am saying as appalling as the situation is, legally there really isn't too much more that can be done at least NOT without taking away the woman's fundamental rights to choose how she wants to live, which in and of itself can be harmful.
At some point it falls back socially to people, and society in large to take up from where the law stops. Which is also why it is important to recognize that is important to condemn guys like this and support women seeing their value as being more than tied to to men, especially guys like this.
Well Unless you are like me, and think this dude should have been neutered the very first time he decided to physically abuse someone, and put under 24/7 surveillance. :P
Where is Judge Dredd when we need him!
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He didn't "go free". The article outright says he's been sentenced for 2 years in prison. It's just that the judge is a moron and suspended the sentence. Still doesn't make him free, given how he is subject to probation supervision. And this weirdass course (and alcohol treatment). The sentence itself is on the short side I'd say, but I'm not sure how much damage the woman incurred. However, given his recidivism, the sentence should be lengthened anyway and it shouldn't be suspended. Suspension is for first time offenders, not for someone who was in conflict with the law for similar reasons almost 20 times over the course of over a decade.
Wait, he's on probation supervision. Isn't that a "Do anything remotely criminal once, and you're jailed for the original term plus a new one"-deal?
If that's the case, then it's intellectual dishonesty to blabber about him being "spared jail". because this violent dude with a history of dickishness needs to act like a human being for two years, which he is apparently incapable of, anyway.
I'm curious why the headline is "Bodybuilder spared jail..." instead of "Man spared jail..". Is the fact this dude likes to pick stuff up and put it back down relevant to the story? I didn't any references to roid rage even implied in the story. I just seems odd to me, I guess. If I beat a woman, would the headline say, "Fat ass couch potato spared jail.."?
I remember hearing of a real life situation where a woman was stuck in a situation like this. It was really sad to hear. We ended up discussing that staying in a relationship like this is just not the way to go. You have to look at your options and not just try to keep it to yourself.
Part of it has got to be the woman's confidants not just telling her to "tough it out" and "stay loyal to your man."
Doesn't really look like judge has as much to do with it as you think. In the American justice system, the victim has a lot of clout when it comes to sentencing (as long as they're being reasonable obviously). If the victim doesn't want the perp to go to jail, what are you supposed to do?However the victim, who now lives elsewhere under a different name, was "vulnerable" and "dependent", the prosecutor said, and told police she didn't want Pelz to go to prison. He told officers that she had struck him first.