Judge tells man he cannot have a girlfriend for three years

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A man who beat up his ex-girlfriend, cut the phone cord when she tried to call the police, punched and kicked her has been ordered to not have a girlfriend for three years. He has a dependent disorder and cannot handle rejection.

I don't know. It seems like perhaps he should be in jail for assault. But then I think of prisons as places that are protecting society instead of punishing the guilty. Although they definately are punishment of course.