Q: I received victim impact request from DA from a fight I had with my husband. Now he wants me to call DA?
I don’t feel like I am a victim I started the fight and ended up taking a shot at him b4 he left after hearing that our boss was on way and had called the cops. The paperwork the DA office mailed me said I had to take a free class if I wanted opportunity to not have my husband charged. So I signed up for class. But my husband is pressuring me to call the DA. Should I?
A: You should not be pressured to all the DA. Take the class and than make your own decision if you want to call the DA,
A: You shouldn't feel pressured to call the DA, and you don't have the ultimate power to drop the charges anyway-- the DA does, and there's no guarantee that they will. It may be helpful to take the free class they're offering, but fundamentally it's your choice whether you want to cooperate in the DA pursuing charges against your husband or not. The bottom line is that you aren't in control of whether charges stick or are dropped-- he needs to hire a criminal defense attorney.
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