I hate our patchwork laws on many issues. Why is it in every state you can get a traffic ticket for not wearing a seat belt, but in a domestic dispute nobody gets arrested even if there are witnesses who saw it?
We have a mixed bag on domestic dispute/assault in America. While the premise of facing your accuser is important, many locations will not file charges if neither involved want to, despite independent witnesses.
In this particular case a witness saw her get assaulted. In many locals in America, laws allow the arrest of the accused despite the assaulted being scared to file charges.
What is the balance?
We have a mixed bag on domestic dispute/assault in America. While the premise of facing your accuser is important, many locations will not file charges if neither involved want to, despite independent witnesses.
In this particular case a witness saw her get assaulted. In many locals in America, laws allow the arrest of the accused despite the assaulted being scared to file charges.
What is the balance?