Woman Who Testified In Her Own Murder Trial After Being Burned Alive By Boyfriend Said He Didn’t Deserve Death Penalty
Security camera footage captured the harrowing attack, including the moment when Slager retrieved a cigarette lighter from his truck.
Her mother, Bonnie Bowes, shared that Judy was resolute in her decision to testify and demonstrate that Michael had deliberately harmed her.
Malinowski recounted how Slager approached her while she was in a state of distress, tearfully pleading for assistance. She vividly remembered the horrifying instant when he ‘set her on fire’.
She testified: “After I was set on fire, he backed away, and his eyes just turned black.”
Malinowski’s younger daughter helps John Kasich, the governor of Ohio at the time, sign “Judy’s Law” in 2017, shortly before her mother died.
After Malinowski’s passing, her family established a nonprofit organization called Judy’s Foundation. Its mission is to advocate for changes in federal laws regarding domestic violence.
In 2017, Ohio enacted “Judy’s Law” to protect individuals affected by domestic violence, representing Malinowski’s enduring legacy.
As a result, he received a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
“Judy had forgiven him, and it was rightfully her decision,” Bowes told Insider. “I know that she was hoping that he would somehow find God or figure out his way out of the darkness.”
In the documentary, Malinowski confronted Slager in court, “You really do seem like one of those people that have no soul, and you need to be incarcerated. That’s all I have to say.”
Her sister, Danielle Gorman, says in the documentary, “There was this part of her that wanted to make it and to live to fight for every other woman that had been through something like that.”
She definitely wanted the law to change. And she was willing to do whatever she needed to do to help change the law.”
