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Originally Posted by NP_Complete
It feels like I don't even factor into the equation. The DA's office never interviewed me. I tried to make the police and the DA (the one time we spoke at the grand jury) aware that there was an abusive situation going on before he started the fire. No one followed up on it, and it's left me feeling like I don't really matter. That nothing he did was even worth their time. He had been threatening to kill me. He called me garbage and I felt less than human, like my life didn't even matter to him anymore. And the lack of anything from the police and DA leave me feeling much the same. I'm just some worthless piece of garbage that's not even worth a 30 minute interview to figure out if he's dangerous or not.
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If you didn’t factor into the equation, then why did they call and ask for your opinion? Did I miss something?
They probably are focused on the fire and not the previous abuse because it’s the immediate crime he’s charged with—a threat not just to you but to your neighbors as well. And since he is dangerous to you beyond the fire, I would take the opportunity, since they asked, to tell them to hit him as hard as they can. And I would use the victim impact statement to let your voice out.
You’re absolutely not irrelevant or worthless; I think it’s just the way they do things.
