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In 2007, Jennifer Magnano was shot dead by her husband on the front steps of her
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home in Teraveville, Connecticut, when she was required to come back to the state for a custody hearing despite
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being super afraid because she knew her husband was dangerous. Together, those two Jennifers are the namesake of
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Jennifer's Law, a domestic violence legislation that extends access to protective orders to women who are
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victims of coercive control. It is terrifying. And what is even scarier is that many states still don't offer
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protections to victims of that type of abuse. We're going to provide some resources in the show notes for more
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information on this and how you can get involved and change that because you guys abuse isn't just physical abuse. It
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is important to know not just like like the signs of it, what to look for, not even in your own relationships, but in
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the relationships of people you love. So, we're going to also provide resources to anyone who is or maybe
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knows someone who finds themselves in a situation like Jennifer's. You guys, we literally get emails from listeners
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every week who tell us that they finally left for good because of a story that they heard on our show. And maybe today
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that's you. Like, you know the warning signs or you can feel it. You're trying to convince yourself that's other
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people. It's not you. Your partner's going to change. Or yes, they hurt you, but they would never kill you. Maybe
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it's even better in this very moment, but how many times has it been better before? And then it got bad again, and
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then it got even worse. On average, it takes people seven times to leave for good. But you're not guaranteed seven
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opportunities. Leaving is not easy, but it is the only way you get out alive. I don't want to have to tell your story
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one day. Jennifer's kids lost both of their parents in one fell swoop. Jennifer's children have rarely spoken
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publicly, but when they all gave victim impact statements at Michelle's sentencing, they looked right at her and
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they each begged her, a woman they once trusted, to finally tell them where their mom is