I hope his fucking family rots in a deep circle in hell for their support of such an awful human being.

I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend. I work at a DV legal center and I know the custody bit is not uncommon—PFA judges can be touch and go, but do tend to have more knowledge about domestic violence than other judges. Custody judges are not typically trained in the dynamics of domestic violence, which makes…

I am so sorry about all of the terrible things that happened to your friend in both her life and death and I promise as a lawyer to do what little I can to make sure this doesn’t happen to others.