text: That happens often in wife-beating cases.  
  
  Very difficult to prosecute when she won't testify.  
  
  "Oh, it was really all my fault.  I shouldn't have____________."  
  
  "But I really love him and it didn't even make much of a bruise."
  
  "This could ruin his career/our finances/his reputation if he is convicted."
  
  Domestic violence cases are like that.