Doesn't the State reserve the right to prosecute even if the abused refuses to press charges? I seem to recall seeing this change in the law recently because of the high incidence of abused refusing to press charges against abuser & later ending up in the morgue...longtooth wrote: 2. Doing nothing is hearing & saying I don't want to get involved & turning the TV up. When you a)call the Law immediately, b)listen & watch carefully c)take good notes, you have done an even better thing for her in the long run than just stopping the fight. You are a witness that will put him in jail for a long time IF--IF--IF she choses to prosecute him & get out of the abusive relationship. If you stop the fight & she decides to stay or decides to "DECIDE LATER" (how many times have I heard that one.) You have made a bad enemy w/ him & mabe her.
As time goes on he WILL convince her that you are the BG in this mess & "the beatings are your fault for messing in their business". (If the abusers say it about the preacher, they will say it about the Christian across the street.)
Your heart shows in your care.
LT
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