I must read this because my own opinion of her has never been positive and I don't know if it's from media influencing my opinion or if my gut just said she's a wrong un HOWEVER I will say she didn't deserve to go how she did.
I never thought she was a wrong un, but I do hate the sainthood ish shit thats gone on from her family afterwards.
It was a domestic incident, the fact she was a women shouldn't mean it wasn't investigated or proceeded with, the fact Lewis didn't want to proceed shouldn't affect the case. If it was a male on female DV incident with the same circumstances a lot of people would rightly want it prosecuted.
As sad as it is, the family can't blame the legal system, they could blame her legal team who advised her to not plead guilty, they could blame themselves for not getting her proper help. She needed help, she was failed by people around her too, she was also a 40 year old grown adult, not this infantilised child that people try to bandy about.