[The Red Zone]

We should also be outraged, however, if the charges are being misrepresented here. She might have gotten a "keep away" court order on him before this happened, and then become an emotional basket case before the court to gain sympathy. Are transcripts that costly, that he couldn't get enough friends to pitch in for it? Something still seems hinky here.

[r9etb]

We should also be outraged, however, if the charges are being misrepresented here.

Well, yes. That's precisely it. I seriously doubt that the case is so simple as it's being represented. One thing I've learned from FR is to distrust any story like this one. There's always a lot more to it.

[ClaireSolt]

Most court proceedings are not transcribed until someone orders a transcript and then that is expensive.

[monday]

"We should also be outraged, however, if the charges are being misrepresented here. She might have gotten a "keep away" court order on him before this happened,"

According to the article: "The rape charge was prosecuted simultaneously with the custody case, and the divorce court had frozen all Hetherington's assets so he had no money to hire a lawyer or make bond. Nevertheless, the criminal court ruled that he was not indigent and refused to provide him with a lawyer."

If this is true, thats all anyone needs to know about this case to know that he didn't get a fair trial. That you would try to defend this miscarriage of justice with idle speculations like "She might have gotten a "keep away" court order on him before this happened.." is just repulsive.

BTW it's termed a "restraining order". If you have facts lets hear them. If not, your insipid musings only make you appear to support unjust incarceration of husbands if they dare to fight for custody of their children. Do you?