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Isles' battered women have few housing options
On some days, the domestic-abuse caseload on O'ahu can be so heavy that a judge has as little as 20 minutes to conduct a restraining-order trial and make potentially life-and-death decisions about two people whose relationship has soured, often to the point of violent outbursts. The judge regularly apologizes to the parties for not being able to devote the time their cases deserve. 
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Day 2: Gaps
'I will never give up'
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.
Court awash in anger, fear, sadness and tears
The judge's warning was short and to the point. "It's toxic in there." Family Court Judge Michael Broderick was talking about the small, narrow, windowless O'ahu courtroom where several mornings a week he presides over requests for protective orders.
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Gaps in system
Temporary restraining order holding steady
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