re: #3 Decatur Deb

Good fix, but it won’t be in place when school opens. (Neither will he, apparently.) Actually, a strong school property trespass law might slow him down, without getting tangled in the domestic issue. I’m a real believer in the virtue of Greyhound—we once had to take up a collection to get a co-worker out of reach until the law could get its shit together.

The other problem there is that California is under court order to reduce overcrowding in its prisons. Thus, while the asshole ex could in theory be taken out of commission, in practice the state has to let him go this year because the crimes he committed weren’t grave in and of themselves. Taken as part of a pattern of abuse, as they clearly are, they are grave indeed, but the state can’t hold him on that basis without getting sued for playing favorites.

Unfortunately, given the money situation in California, Carie Charlesworth’s nightmare isn’t likely to end unless her ex unambiguously tries to kill her or he is either disabled or killed.