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Her "victim" impact statement

  The Ex took out a restraining order on Boyfriend over a year ago.  Immediately following this, Boyfriend continued to try making contact - my guess is not because he wanted to see her, but because he wanted to see his children that The Ex essentially stole from him.  Boyfriend was charged and recently convicted on two counts of violating the restraining order; now that the case is closed, I can get copies of documents from the case.   The one I really wanted to see was what is referred to as a "victim impact statement."  This is how the victim can explain to the court how they were affected by the crime, what they would like the sentencing to be, etc.  You should probably get some popcorn, because I'm going to type this entire thing out and, as always, give you my opinion on it. " State of [Our State] vs. [Boyfriend's Name] Case No. [case number] ( Random fact:  you're supposed to clarify which county the case is in.  Looking over this ...