A Beacon of Hope

Failure to Protect: The Crisis in America's Family Courts

When a mother’s bitter custody battle ends with the death of her child, something has gone terribly wrong with the system.

Wyatt Garcia was born in April 2009. Nine months later, he was shot and killed by his father, who then turned the gun on himself.

The Tragic Case of the West Virginia Woman that Marked a Change in Law

Cleveland, OH: Sonya Bailey spent 16 years unable to walk, talk or feed herself because of injuries at the hand of her husband. But Bailey's case marked an important change in domestic-violence law. Bailey died this winter. Her abuser remains in prison thanks to a federal law that was new at the time.

Text Messages Become a Growing Weapon in Dating Violence

Bill Mitchell says he hopes that more young people will begin to see warning signs where his family did not.

Just hours before she was killed in 2005, Kristin had texted her boyfriend: "You are being ridiculous. Why cant i do something with my friends."

He later found and heard about other texts, including one that asked why she had gone to her class rather than spend time with her boyfriend. Kristin was in her senior year at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and graduated three weeks before her death.