Flutterby™! : Domestic Slayings

Domestic slayings: Brutal and foreseeable

The Washington Post found that nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were, like Parnell and Cisneros, killed by a current or former intimate partner. In a close analysis of five cities, about a third of the male killers were known to be a potential threat ahead of the attack.

Also, this leaped out at me:

She and Sigala were required to enter couples counseling, and she took a class on how to manage her husband’s violent behavior, said Allenna Bangs, a Tarrant County prosecutor.

Holy fuck everything about that process needs changing.

And, actually, as I read further, holy crap how much of how various legal systems deal with domestic violence is beyond wrong.