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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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.
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Without meaning to be inflammatory, I hope that's not how Canada runs its legal system.
Anyway, the NHL are right to ban him; as long as they do the same to all future players who commit the same or an equivalent offence, and I hope the public outcry is just as loud for those times, too.