Excelle

Two sides to every coin of course, did she refuse out of fear? or out of feeling the need to protect? Never having been in this situation I dont know what I would do for sure. I would hope that i would have the cahones to do the right thing. The woman in question will have to spend the rest of her life living with the choice she made. That will only be made harder to live with when her husband assaults another person, and perhaps carries the assault further still to include murder.

Unfortunately, according to the law, if you're in contempt of court, you can be charged and sentenced. And in her case that is exactly what is happening. Now, as to why she told the police one thing and refused to testify to it, is another. She was so, blinded either by her love for him or scared to death of what he would do to her if she testified. She should have thought of being able to have a life without abuse by his going to jail. And a sexual assualt, who wants to be married to a man who refused to listen to your NO and respect that.
I think the hard part here is that the victim is going to jail instead of the perpetrator of the actual crime, but she made her choice clear. When will women learn and then act in their own best interests instead of the abuser's?

Vanessa