Kayla Murphy

I think it's just really based on the individual.

I think a lot of people go into public defense because they really have a passion for, you know, helping people through our very...

messed up criminal legal system.

Yeah.

And particularly like fighting for the rights of people who are suffering from poverty in addition to, you know, getting targeted by the system.

Typically in domestic violence cases, just one party will be arrested.

Okay.

I have definitely seen multiple cases where it's actually the person who has been like chronically abused throughout the relationship be the one who is arrested by law enforcement.

Yeah, why is that?

I think it's because...

when you are... So I've been doing a deep dive on domestic violence lately.

I see it so much in my personal cases and this dynamic play out over and over again.

And I just wanted to learn more.

And I recently read this book.

It's called, Why Does He Do That?

He talks about how domestic violence is not a control problem.

It's not like you can't control yourself.

It's more an attitudes and beliefs problem.

And

The way that I think this is really illustrated in real life is, you know, picturing, you know, some kind of altercation going on, somebody being harmed, and then the police get called.