Mark Fuller was lucky enough not to have a camera videotaping him while he drunkenly beat his wife (instead, there was just an audio tape from 911, and the aftermath as reported by the responding police). Lucky, in this case, means that instead of being fired and vilified by the nation (as Ray Rice has been, and rightfully so), he gets to go to some weekly counseling sessions for the next couple dozen weeks, his record gets expunged, and, of course, he gets to keep his job.
Lucky indeed. I'll just bet he thinks it's "in everyone's best interests to put this incident behind us."
Federal judge Mark Fuller accepts plea deal in domestic violence case; could have arrest record expunged
Fuller, who serves Alabama’s federal middle district, was arrested Aug. 9 after his wife reported to police that her husband was drunk when he beat her while they were at an Atlanta hotel. She had accused him of having an extra-marital affair with his law clerk.
