an automatic no-contact order with anyone arrested in conjunction with a partner or family assault; today, Rocky would have been barred from contacting her from jail. They also recommended a systematic method of warning victims when abusers are due to be released—either having served their time or after bailing out. So Michelle would have been warned far in advance of his release. They also recommended that any victim who rescinds his or her testimony, recants as Michelle did, be provided with domestic violence information, including area services. Hopefully they’ll be more aggressive in their
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