Murder 2 and Get Only 15 Years!

He said he would kill me because he's going to get locked up anyway.

This is what Shaquita Bell said about her abusive boyfriend.

She did leave him. And he did kill her. But he killed someone before her, too. And while he was locked up, the person who was informing the police about the body of Ms. Bell got killed as well.

And the government wants to encourage men to have access to their children. The same men who they acknowledged in the Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives report (emphasis added):

In addition, unlike custodial mothers, many fathers had been arrested before enrolling in these programs, which created significant challenges for them in the labor market. For example, two-thirds of fathers in the PFS evaluation had been arrested before program entry; in the RFP programs, 40 percent had a felony conviction. While the other studies did not specifically collect data on participants’ criminal history, program administrators consistently reported criminal records as a key concern and challenge.

Damn, those low-income fathers...especially in the DMV area!!!