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You always see and hear how serious domestic violence is but I pray no one ever finds out the way I did that your not valued, respected and Judge Jackie Bernard was more sympathetic to my abuser than me. The defendant cried & had the nerve to bring up that it was our daughters bday but never wished her a happy bday nothing & this is same father who left his daughter with no water in the home!!! Never said sorry, never apologized in court or otherwise but said he hasn’t always been a good person, more like never has. He’s almost 50 doing same stuff with a mile long record. He knew exactly how to play on the judges feelings & it worked! You’d think she’d see he’s got those charges before! I was there for a bail revocation hearing filed for good reason! From the minute I got there Julia Wilt treated me like I was the one who did something & actually told me more than once that she was just filling in & it wasnt her case so it didn’t matter to her! Said horrible things to me & my abuser got away with deliberately hurting/punishing me & our daughter which clearly states on the bail conditions PA18 section 4953 they’re not allow to retaliate against witness/victim but that’s exactly what he did. No one cared he shut the water off at our home on us, or contacted me several times! They approached me saying he wanted to make a plea! Of course he did, he was scared he was going to jail bc he KNEW what he did! That tells you right there. But I was getting told by the DA the judge prob wouldn’t revoke it. Glad to know she cares more for the abuser than the victim! From the public defender complaining about how long it took when it wasn’t my fault that their assistant DA’s don’t know how to treat people especially victims with common decency & respect & that I had to wait for another assistant DA to come. After knowing what just happened how fair is that to even think I’m in any position to talk about a plea. They just wanted a conviction, could care less about me or how he ruined our lives & I said he shouldn’t get a better deal than what was offered & they tell me ok 2 years & sneak in there he gets done in one on good behavior. So he doesn’t get any consequences for terrorizing the victim AND witness but gets what HE wants! How do any of them sleep at night is beyond me. It’s immoral & criminal how I was treated. Shame on The judge for being so lenient & sympathetic to a women beater and the DA’s office not looking out for the victim/witness. I’m emotionally messed up over this.

If your public defender is David L. Beyer Assistant Public Defender, best of luck. This guy is a joke. I swear his law degree came from a cracker jack box. Was never present, always had to have another lawyer stand in. I swear he was more against me then the DA themselves were. Beyer, you're a shameful excuse for a lawyer. I would have been better off on my own.

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