Question: What Value Is A Restraining Order?

Item: Protection order can’t stop person hellbent on doing harm: Months of stalking end with 2 dead on UW campus /Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times staff reporter

More Info: There’s no piece of paper strong enough to stop a person with a gun, an obsession and nothing left to lose, domestic-violence experts say. Rebecca Griego had moved and changed her phone number since her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Rowan, repeatedly threatened her during and after their on-and-off relationship. A judge had ordered Rowan to stay 1,000 feet away from Griego and her sister, whom he had also threatened. Griego had circulated his name and photo among her colleagues.

Question: Is there any value to a restraining order?