update on the, "you're not allowed to hit anyone, ever!" blog entry from 10/8/05

update from one of 2 friends who was assaulted by their spouse over the summer:

"Went to court today, that's all over. Uh, yeah 90 days in jail and two years probation. This is for NOT hitting hard enough to bruise. And that was a plea bargain I agreed to. He goes to counselling, the 90 days is suspended. He so much as looks at me funny, he serves the time. When you are trapped with someone like that and they have you "gaslit", they think that nothing will happen to them. But I was amazed to learn, gee, the judicial system takes it kind of seriously when men whack mothers in front of their kids."

good news!!!!! i really hope the counselling helps her soon-to-be ex. he's not a bad or evil person and a very loving father to the baby.