I don't see "Badell" changing the punishment.
Had this video come up BEFORE the punishment was handed down, then it may have changed it.
I bet Rice would point to the "slap" she did before they got onto the elevator as the first "hit".
Any way you look at it, the guy is a punk.
Now the next problem I have is: WHY did she agree to marry this jerk after what he did? Does she think he won't do it again? Maybe he will wait until his NFL career is over, but it will happen again. Maybe next time it will end with him killing her.
I can't help but wonder: Had this happened before? And maybe the only reason we found out this time was because of the video?
Guys that do this usually have a record of this scumbag behavior.