Did the legal system fail Ross?
Following the shooting death of Ross, many people were outraged that Ross, who was under an order of protection, could be murdered by the person who was known by police to be a danger to her. Where did the system fail? According to information from the Greater London Domestic Violence Project, most male perpetrators of domestic violence who seek help for domestic violence suffer from depression, anger, excessive stress, or alcoholism. Firearms, according to the March of Dimes, are frequent weapons used in the killings of women perpetrated by spouses, boyfriends, or others. The National Coalition against Domestic Violence states that 29% of all female murder victims are murdered by boyfriends or husbands. Nunn, who had given so many warning signals, suffered from an untreated mental illness, and had been charged with domestic assault in a prior incident, and who had also had his own gravestone engraved with a set date in the future, somehow managed to go unnoticed until it was too late.
