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System failure
So many battered women have lost faith in Hawai'i's criminal justice system that many are not reporting their beatings and some even say the abuse can be more tolerable than the trauma of dealing with unsympathetic people in a grueling judicial process. 
Forum
Connect with others and share your stories in our domestic violence forum.
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Day 1: Broken
Victims often recant once in courtroom
For a prosecutor, taking a domestic violence case to a jury usually is a dicey proposition and often results in an acquittal. The August trial of Jerome Kealoha Jr. was no exception. Not only did the case illustrate the challenges domestic-abuse prosecutions can present, it underscored how unpredictable and volatile such prosecutions can be.
Journal of violent love
On Nov. 1, 2006, Daysha was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey Boyd Santos Jr., a man she had lived with and loved, and the father of her only child. She was 21. This is her story as told by her journals, her family and her friends. She is missed, and she is remembered.
Graphics
Domestic violence data show mixed picture
Domestic abuse murders edging up
A snapshot of the law
A snapshot of intimate-partner murders
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