“The pretrial intervention program offered to Ray Rice in the assault case involving his wife was granted in less than 1 percent of all domestic violence assault cases from 2010-13 that were resolved, according to New Jersey Judiciary data obtained Friday by “Outside the Lines.””
“According to New Jersey’s pretrial intervention website, PTI is used in criminal cases that don’t involve “violence” and for “victimless crimes.””
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11514871/judicial-figures-show-ray-rice-deal-offered-rarely
Nope, no violence and no victim here. All on the up and up.
A lot of knowing about programs and taking advantage of them is having a real good lawyer. Another part is having a perfect record. How many abusers have that situation?
Even if in retrospect people think they should have a say in abuse cases (I disagree), this Ray Rice issue was already settled and they seem to have worked it out and are now a family that's succeeding. How is this media feeding frenzy helping this couple that actually worked to resolve things? The media feeding frenzy will discourage athletes from getting counseling. Now situations will be hidden and unresolved. I'd rather see Ray Rice as an example of what to do when things go horribly wrong....man up and get the help they and their partner needs.