Ms. Sharwline Nicholson probably did not realize that what she experienced on January 7, 1999 would change her life, the lives of her two children, and ultimately, the lives of many other battered mothers and children in New York. A thirty-two-year-old mother of two, Ms. Nicholson worked as a full-time cashier and attended classes full-time at Mercy College. Mr. Barnett, the father of Ms. Nicho...