Overview of the Thurman Law
Kaplan University | Thurman Law | Professor Underwood-Criminal Law | | Tari | 1/17/2012 |
Tracey Thurman was a Connecticut housewife who survived beatings from her husband and went on to introduce Thurman Law, which made sure that police officers acted on all calls of domestic abuse. Tracey also sued the City of Connecticut for not doing their job pertaining to her calling the police to come help her when her husband, Charles Thurman, was threatening her life. |
In 1982, Tracey Thurman lived in Connecticut along with her husband, Charles Buck Thurman. Charles Thurman was very abusive. Tracey had even moved out with their son, CJ, to get away from the abuse. Charles would find her and threaten to kill her. Tracey had gone and got a restraining order against her husband. During this time, the police would either show up after Charles had left or would simply tell him that he needed to leave. Only on a couple occasions, did they arrest Charles, but that only kept him for a night. Tracey lived in fear that her husband would come and kill her. She also knew that she had to protect her son. One night, the domestic abuse rose to a climax that Tracey had been in fear of. Charles Thurman showed up at the house yelling for her to come out or he was coming in to get her. Tracey called the police, before she went outside, hoping she would only have to deal with him for a few minutes before police would arrive. As soon as Charles heard the police sirens, his agitation rose. Charles pulled out a knife, knocked Tracey to the ground, and started stabbing her in the back and sliced her throat. Her friend yelled for help. The cop had pulled up in the street, but just sat there in his car until he heard screams. When the policeman had pulled up into the driveway, Charles had already stabbed Tracey 13 times in the back and had begun to jump on her head. Charles did hand over the knife to police, but the police officer just stood there in shock
Tracey Thurman was a Connecticut housewife who survived beatings from her husband and went on to introduce Thurman Law, which made sure that police officers acted on all calls of domestic abuse. Tracey also sued the City of Connecticut for not doing their job pertaining to her calling the police to come help her when her husband, Charles Thurman, was threatening her life. |
In 1982, Tracey Thurman lived in Connecticut along with her husband, Charles Buck Thurman. Charles Thurman was very abusive. Tracey had even moved out with their son, CJ, to get away from the abuse. Charles would find her and threaten to kill her. Tracey had gone and got a restraining order against her husband. During this time, the police would either show up after Charles had left or would simply tell him that he needed to leave. Only on a couple occasions, did they arrest Charles, but that only kept him for a night. Tracey lived in fear that her husband would come and kill her. She also knew that she had to protect her son. One night, the domestic abuse rose to a climax that Tracey had been in fear of. Charles Thurman showed up at the house yelling for her to come out or he was coming in to get her. Tracey called the police, before she went outside, hoping she would only have to deal with him for a few minutes before police would arrive. As soon as Charles heard the police sirens, his agitation rose. Charles pulled out a knife, knocked Tracey to the ground, and started stabbing her in the back and sliced her throat. Her friend yelled for help. The cop had pulled up in the street, but just sat there in his car until he heard screams. When the policeman had pulled up into the driveway, Charles had already stabbed Tracey 13 times in the back and had begun to jump on her head. Charles did hand over the knife to police, but the police officer just stood there in shock
References: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/vaw00/thurmanexcerpt.html