Best Answer: In mold and cast fossils (there are other kinds) you basically have two mirror images...an impression (like pressing your fist into wet sand and a cast (like filling that wet sand with wax and making a fist-like lump.)
A Domestic Violence conviction carries the same punishment as the Assault charge, but the real additional punishment attached to a Domestic Violence conviction is the fact that it can be used against the defendant in the future in a Child Custody/ Divorce proceeding.
District attorneys and prosecutors are fearful of any chance that someone arrested for domestic violence related charges later hurts the victim again. If there is a prior record of an arrest but no charges or prosecution, that fact would be potentially damaging and embarrassing.