I'm glad for the outcome, though I would hope Rice could get a second chance down the road. He did a horrible thing, and deserves to miss the season, but I believe with rare exception a person can always redeem themselves in time.
...but I also can't help but have qualms about the fact his penalties are dramatically shifting based on the amount of negative attention the NFL and Ravens are getting. The team and league are making it clear the real offense wasn't hitting his wife, but hitting her in a way that embarrassed them publicly, and receiving an initial punishment that was tone-deaf to say the least.