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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Yeah, I read it. But, unless I'm mistaken, that's not what he was charged with, or was it? He got a misdemeanour offence, and 90-odd days.
I mean, hell, if our legal systems are based on what a claimant said a defendant did, the majority of the world would be locked up.
Another disclaimer: I am not saying Voynov didn't hit his wife, at all. It's quite obvious that he did. But the extent to which he did is questionable. And apparently to the courts, too.
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Again, he was charged with a felony. The fact he was eventually convicted of a lesser misdemeanor was a product of not wanting to call his wife to testify against her will, getting the matter finished, etc. Like all plea bargains.
Also, a trial wouldn't be based on what only she said. It'd be based on the physical evidence on scene, the post-incident observations of the attending officers, medical evidence, etc.
Plenty of domestic assault victims say they will refuse to testify and/or change their stories. So their initial stories, told at risk of being charged with making a false statement or a phony 911 call, have more weight.