The crew (mostly Courtney and Staci) discuss a hard topic in the legal community: family violence and how it should be treated by the law. Get ready for lots of strong feelings. Content Warning:General discussion of physical and emotional abuse, explicit examples of physical violence**00:19:32 – 00:20:21 – examples of minor and major act of […]
Criminal cases involving allegations of family violence are some of the most sensitive, and serious, offenses in the justice system and for good reason. But the consequences of a case go far beyond the possibilities of conviction.
In Texas, and in Bexar County in particular, arrests involving assaults and family violence are common. Many of the cases do not involve what most people think of as domestic violence. Instead, the cases can involve mutual fights between roommates, a situation where an abuse victim fights back for the first time, or just a […]