NOT REAL wrote on September 10, 2008 07:10 AM: It amazes me how people post here having not either read or understood the posts to which they respond. Nobody that has shared MY opinion has ever stated that she deserved to be beaten at all. However, the lot of you continue to beat that drum. We said had she used GOOD judgment, not involved herself with a felon and not treated people in the manner that she does, she would have had a high liklihood of never having had this happen. Does that excuse him? No. He is a piece of human waste that should pay for his crime. However, there is no way on God's green Earth that she was unaware of his past. She chose to be with a bad man. Real bad man. She also did her best to demoralize him. Therein lay the risk for her and unfortunately, she paid a very, very dear price. I am no fan of hers politically. However, this JUDGE (read: should ahve good judgment) demonstrated that at least in her personal lief, she sorely lacked good, common sense. There is a reason our mothers told us not to hang out with a bad crowd. I feel bad for her situation and hope she has a full recovery. I also hope that she lives out a full life and treats people better than she did in the past while he rots in jail or hell or both.

Robert wrote on September 10, 2008 12:03 AM: Not Fooled:

To respond to the omissions, you have stated that Hardcastle and/or her staff are undoubtedly responsible for the misleading and abusive comments attacking Halverson. Do you mean the attacks in this Blog? What is the evidence that Judge Hardcastle's staff is making these or any other posts? I read day after day that there are suspicions of this but have never been able to ascertain anything other than allegation, suspicion and innuendo.

Furthermore you have stated "make no mistake, this will be about Hardcastle, her actions in removing Halverson, and the ultimate price for her irresponsible acts which will fall to the people." I am not sure what the antecedent to "this" is. You mean the discussion on this article? This blog day after day? This topic? Because I think such single-minded focus on Judge Hardcastle when the topic (and I mean the topic on this article) should remain firmly on Judge Halverson and her plight. I think to divert the attention anywhere else does a great disservice to Judge Halverson.

So Hardcastle, if you continue this witch-hunt be prepared to BE INVOLVED.

PLS wrote on September 09, 2008 10:51 PM: What a bunch of malarky... Ugh...

No, no one deserves to be beaten half to death. Regardless.

What I find odd is she supposedly didn't know about his past. Give me a break.

Either way... maybe she'll now think twice before she treats people like they are beneath her.

Victim wrote on September 09, 2008 10:30 PM: I fear that many victims of DOMESTIC ABUSE will not trust the system!To those that are mocking this ATTEMPTED MURDER. I wonder what goes on behind your closed doors!Not all of you have happy marriages or relationships. Elizabeth will be assaulted another time this time by the system! Alot of these posters need to GROW UP!!!

K wrote on September 09, 2008 05:55 PM: Okay, let's try this one more time.
Do you walk past a pack of snarling
dogs and quietly leave them alone so they leave you alone or do you go up
to them and try to push them away and
end up getting savagely bitten? Do
you have any idea? Felons just do
not go away quietly nor can they just
find employment. She used bad judgement
in trying to remove this person and is
truly suffering the consequences. Boys and girls, do not try this at home. See
how dangerous throwing a felon out can
be? Jeeeezzzz. All we are saying is
common sense could have avoided this
altogether. This truly would have been
a messy and expensive divorce for her.
Now it should be easy with him going
to prison yet again.

K-star wrote on September 09, 2008 04:42 PM: I don't care how she may or may not have treated her husband- she did not deserve to be beaten half to death. If he was not happy in the marriage he should have just left her and filed for divorce- it happens everyday. Why didn't he pursued his own career? Was is easier to be a gigolo? Domestic situations are never easy when the parties disagree but he should have known that hurting her was not the answer and he was totally out of line that he put his hands on her in any violent way.

Elementary school kids are taught to keep your hands and feet to yourselves- seems like some adults could use that lesson as well.

shocked wrote on September 09, 2008 04:10 PM: Seriously, what is wrong with you people. It doesn't matter what she has done in the past or how she treated people. She was brutally beaten and could have died. Did she kill anyone, or commit horrid crimes such as this, no!! I cannot believe that there are such insensitive, idiotic people commenting to this. No one asks to be almost murdered or makes the wrong decisions and be held accountable for a crazy senseless tragedy such as this. This woman did nothing that deserved this kind of treatment.

NOT REAL wrote on September 09, 2008 03:32 PM: tmosley

No, don't assume that people are out to do harm to you, but be aware that if you treat someone as horribly as Halverson treated others, and allegedly him, he may bite the hand that fed him.

K wrote on September 09, 2008 03:16 PM: Dear Not Real:

Thank you. You said perfectly something I was trying to say. As adults it is one of our jobs to actively stay out of harms way. Always be aware of our surroundings.
People can and do snap. We can expect things from few people. Public officials are an example. If we don't
get what we expect, then we vote them out. Her using good judgement instead
of bad would possibly have kept this
from happening.

Fred wrote on September 09, 2008 03:06 PM: My bet is he wanted to use something softer like a quisinart or a salad shooter, but hey were at the bottom of the sink buried under diry dishes, guess he wasn't keeping up on his sworn domestic chores.

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