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     The ending to this story: A young woman found shot dead in the head by her boyfriend. The twisted thing about this is that there has been three previous charges filed against him, all involve a no-contact, and each time he broke them all. The police seem to do nothing but  give him bail to pay until December 31st, 2012 he finally put a bullet through her head at her apartment after beating her badly, which seem to solve the  problem for the police and his. Victor Acuna-Sanchez, age 18, the father of Laura Acavez's, age 21, 5-months old baby, was previously charge with aggravated assault, third degree battery along with two other alleged attacks. Their 2-year relationship was nothing but abused; beating her with a baseball bat, beating her while she was seven months pregnant, rob her, strangled her, dragged her behind a car. Courts record show attacks in the course of a year but only three arrest were made. The third time that he was arrested, December 9, the Judge found it fit to let him out on his own recognizance, with no bail; and that was three weeks before he killed her. Police claim they did not know. Right now he is behind bars waiting arraignment on February 11th to see if prosecutors will charge him with death penalty or life imprisonment without parole. The gun found at his apartment, .22 caliber, is link to the rounds found at the victims apartment.

 http://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1932149.html
 http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1931995.html


#1. Domestic violence in Arkansas is define as a pattern of abusive behavior that takes place in a relationship by a family member, someone in the household, or someone the abuser had dated recently. It is done in order to gain power and control in the relationship. Domestic violence does not only constitute physical abuse, but includes sexual, emotional, economic, psychological abuse. Sexual conduct between a family members such as with a child is a crime in Arkansas. I don't believe it's a felony, but it has the potential to be a misdemeanor if the abuser violate an Order of Protection that was set against him/her.

#2. In Arkansas an if you are abused you can file an Order of Protection, as stated above, this provides a restrain, issuing the abuser to stay away from residence, school, business place, or your child's school. There is also Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence that provides shelters throughout Arkansas that the abused can go to (you can find your local shelter). It gives them information of domestic violence, help support programs for battered woman.  Arkansas Legal Services Partnerships are there for the ones who have children that have been abused and are low-income.They have a help line to help assist in legal services.

http://www.domesticpeace.com/about.html
http://www.arlegalservices.org/files/FSDomesticViolenceOverview.pdf

#3. The music "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem ft. Rihanna is about an abusive relationship. Both partners in the relationship are violent but the woman to a lesser extent. There's arguing, fighting, it seem like the girl wanted to leave but in the end shes right back in bed with him cause they love the way it is. The movie "Burning Bed" is about a woman who was abused for 12 yrs and one night after her husband rapes her she decided to burn him alive while he was sleeping. She went to court and verdict reached a 'not guilty' for reason of temporary insanity.


music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U
movie: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/08/arts/tv-review-fawcett-in-burning-bed.html