According to the defense, what really happened was Dominique acted in self defense, due to Battered-Women Syndrome by Michelle Wong https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2 Scroll to view en-us 2025-03-14 12:05:44 UTC 2025-03-14 12:28:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f39e.png Dominique and Donovan got married 5 years ago and started beating her as soon as they got married michellew162 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366335878 2025-03-14 12:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366335878 The first time Donovan beat Dominique, they were home alone. Donovan came home drunk and started complaining about the dinner Dominique had cooked, and he slapped her across the mouth. wendyx8 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366337574 2025-03-14 12:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366337574 After Jonathan was born, Donovan got angry with all the noise and blamed Dominique for every little thing : unemployment and untidy house michellew162 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366340313 2025-03-14 12:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366340313 Every week since then, Donovan beat Dominique at least once, sometimes more. Donovan always blamed Dominique for what was wrong in his life. It was always unexpected, but occurred more when he was drunk. wendyx8 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366341100 2025-03-14 12:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366341100 Over the year, the beating became worse and worse. Donovan went as far as tying her up and leave her there for hours. wendyx8 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366343858 2025-03-14 12:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366343858 The beatings were so bad, Dominique had to go to the hospital several times. Once Donovan bruised Dominique's arm so bad, it was all purple. wendyx8 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366347325 2025-03-14 12:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366347325 After a month , the beatings continued and got worse.Dominique really believing her kids were in danger.She ran away to a women's shelter , stayed for three days ,and around Christmas 2008 they left when they exceeded the 3 day max stay. michellew162 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366350108 2025-03-14 12:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366350108 Right after coming home from the women's shelter, Donovan immediately started beating Dominique. Donovan even took the kids upstairs, making Dominique fear for her kids' safety. wendyx8 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366351972 2025-03-14 12:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366351972 On June 12, Dominique went to the hospital with bruises all over her body and the doctor convinced her to talk to a police officer.She got scared and changed her mind in belief Donovan would find out and kill her michellew162 https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366354024 2025-03-14 12:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michellew162/7xhb2ejfs5luqeu2/wish/3366354024