"Trump like stance" yeah dude, we all know what an advocate of women Trump is. We all know his number one goal is making sure battered women get justice.

Real smart cookie over here.

"Bully" I'm not the one who brushed off abusing a teenager. They're the ones who did that.

I still think it's good reporting overall. I just think they were way too quick to brush off the reality that the man in prison, while not a murderer, is still a sack of shit wife beater, and I don't really care if he dies in prison.

Obviously fuck the actual murderer more. He's in prison and no one is trying to get him out, so it's not a topic of discussion.

Right, because it's an obvious lie, because he admitted to hitting her many times, including in court.

I appreciate the thorough response and the extra background information. I still think this falls in a trap common in true crime and podcasting where the "story" becomes so important that things as drastic as striking your 18 year old wife get tossed to the side without "more than a brief pause."

If you put a fraction of the empathy you put to the wife-beater who's in prison for the wrong crime to any of the women who suffer intimate partner violence, it would give you more than "a brief pause."

Hi team,

Excellent reporting and thank you for your work. The positive comparisons to In The Dark are warranted.

It seems like Leo openly admitted to striking Michelle several times. There were credible witness statements of more violent behavior. Do you ever feel like this is a lot of effort to get a wife-beater out of jail?

I've been around intimate partner violence and have zero problem with life sentences for men who beat their wives. How do you balance the "innocent" theme with someone who absolutely committed violence against a woman who is now dead?