We believe that could have been avoided because he was arrested and detained, but released, if not two times, three times before he met Molly. So We passed a law to try and prevent [murders like Molly Jane Matheson's] from happening in the future. And so I. It's those type of things that I took my experience being on the Women's center board and took it to legislation in the Texas legislature. (12:01–12:04)
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