Wife defends Ray Rice, slams media

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51. It was prosecuted. He pled guilty.

The question probably should be "Was it APPROPRIATELY prosecuted?," not "Was it prosecuted?"

Per the terms of his sentence he has to do therapy/counseling and stay out of trouble, and then his slate is wiped clean.

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

Paramus defense attorney Travis J. Tormey told NJ Advance Media he's had clients denied in similar cases -- and those clients weren't seen on video like Rice.

"This is very unusual and kind of surprising that prosecutors allowed him into PTI if they had that video," Tormey said. "In cases of domestic violence, it's typically hard to get into PTI."

PTI exists in superior court, where Rice's case landed after a grand jury indicted him on a single aggravated assault charge. (He faced as many as five years in prison if convicted.) But domestic violence cases often end up in municipal court as disorderly persons charges, where a six-month jail sentence is the maximum allowable period of confinement.

The municipal courts have their own diversion programs, known as the conditional dismissal program that functions in much the same was as PTI. Under that program, those accused of domestic violence aren't eligible.

Is this a "good" call by the prosecutor? It doesn't look that way to anyone watching the elevator video, but to say he was not "prosecuted" is not factually accurate.