They took this drastic measure in an attempt to save her life - and not have her end up just another statistic.
Drastic? yes? Strictly legally speaking, overboard? Yes.
But her testimony will put this cretin behind bars where he can't kill HER - or OTHERS.
(How many of you, if she didn't testify, and he then killed her and others, would be castigating and blaming the judge and others for the consequent crimes?)
Better an innocent woman imprisoned than a guilty man go free, or something like that I guess. Once we’re all in jail, crime statistics will be fantastic!
The attorney for the Defendant says he would still be in jail even without the abuse case this gal got locked up for. He has more “issues.”
This is about “zero tolerance.” What they aren’t tolerating is a victim who may not help them incarcerate somebody. The DA’s statement about wanting the vic to testify, not dead, is 100% pure hyperbole designed to feed the lust of the Low Information Voters who elected her, and will elect her again.
The problem was that she was intimidated, threatened and frightented to death of being killed is she testified - but the conundrum was that, if she DIDN'T testify, the monster would be set free and she WOULD end up dead.
Do you have familiarity about this case, beyond what the article in the OP says? Or are you inserting your personal opinion as fact?