Which domestic abusers will go on to commit murder? This one act offers a clue.

[wishstar]

4. Relevant to a situation I know about (as well as the Roy Moore/Beverly Young Nelson situation?)

I have an acquaintance who served 3 years in prison for grabbing his wife around her neck in a rage over catching her at home with another man. Since he did not attack her in any other way and she got out of his grasp safely, his friends and relatives considered this a harsh sentence since he had no previous history of abuse or threats and he had character witnesses that were willing to defend him. The defense attorney never called any of them in to testify, apparently realizing that attempted strangulation was such a clear intent to kill that the defendant would be going to prison regardless of character witnesses.

Beverly Young Nelson accuses Roy Moore of grabbing her neck forcing her head down as she was fighting him off causing black and blue bruises on her neck, and being sure he was trying to rape her. Her accusations go far beyond the term "groping" that was used by MSNBC and other media to describe her allegations against him. The viciousness and criminality of Moore's alleged attack explains why Moore and his supporters are trying so hard to discredit her more than any other of his accusers.