What Janay Rice doesn't seem to understand is that this is unacceptable behavior. It is criminal

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6. The prosecutor did pursue. He pled guilty. He entered a diversion program.

It's ENTIRELY appropriate to discuss if the punishment was sufficient, but it's factually incorrect to say there was no legal involvement in this incident.

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/09/ray_rice_video_prosecutors_ofifice_says_decision_was_correct_not_seek_jail_time_for_rice.html

And there's no changing the decision to allow Rice into the diversion program, which was approved by Atlantic County prosecutor (and Rutgers Rutgers School of Law gradute) James McClain in May.There can be no further legal punishment taken against Rice for the assault unless he violates terms of the year-long diversion program, which includes mandated counseling.

Rice is a first-time offender, but experts questioned the use of New Jersey's pretrial intervention program in this instance. Under the law, a "defendant charged with crime is eligible for enrollment in a PTI program," but prosecutors can deny entry if a crime was "deliberately committed with violence or threat of violence against another person."

The video obtained by TMZ seems show that.

"We want to give prosecutors some leeway in cases, but this case shows we need to tighten up the law," Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union) told NJ Advance Media. "There are plenty of folks who agree with me. The decision to allow Rice into PTI was wrong.

Cryan said he plans to introduce new legislation -- a bill he has worked on long before the Rice's latest video went public -- as soon as Monday to stiffen penalties when it comes domestic violence....