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tazzygirl -> RE: pregnant women who lose babies face murder charges (6/25/2011 8:45:02 PM)
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but lost the baby in December 2006 in a stillbirth when she was 36 weeks into the pregnancy.
Well past the age of viability.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to determine if a teenager can be charged with murder for the death of her child.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday.
Prosecutors contend Rennie Gibbs, of Columbus, can be tried as adult under Mississippi's depraved heart murder law. Prosecutors allege she overdosed on cocaine causing her child to be stillborn.
According to court records, Gibbs became pregnant when she was 15 and the baby's death occurred in December 2006 when Gibbs was 16.
Various groups, including the National Association of Social Workers, contend Gibbs should not be tried as an adult and should not be charged in the child's death when there was no medical help available for her pregnancy and addiction.
http://wcbi.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1306327924&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2,4&
I would be interested in seeing the autopsy report. If the State Supreme Court is taking up the case, something must be off.
IF what they say is true... then she may indeed be guilty of at least manslaughter. I would have issues with trying her as an adult though.
Shuai survived, but she was 33 weeks' pregnant and her baby, to whom she gave birth a week after the suicide attempt and whom she called Angel, died after four days. In March, Shuai was charged with murder and attempted foeticide and she has been in custody since without the offer of bail.
This one... man... Im sorry but I would have no issue prosecuting her based upon what little I see here. Of course, there may be much more we dont know about. She knew she was pregnant when she ingested the rat poison. You would never convince me she didnt know she was affecting the life of her unborn baby. Again, past the age of viability.
TUSCUMBIA -- A northwest Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of her newborn son by using methamphetamine three days before he was born.
Amanda Helaine Borden Kimbrough entered the plea Wednesday. She accepted a plea deal after prosecutors finished presenting their case during her trial in Colbert County, the TimesDaily in Florence reported.
A judge sentenced the 30-year-old Russellville woman to 10 years in prison on a charge of chemical endangerment of a child. She could have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the plea deal.
Timmy Wayne Kimbrough lived for only a few minutes after being born in April 2008. Despite the plea, Kimbrough plans to appeal. Her attorney claims Alabama's child endangerment law doesn't apply to unborn children.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/12/northwest_alabama_woman_pleads.html
She plead guilty of the charges. Unless cohersion is a factor, or she was forced to plead that way, Im not too sure what more can be done for her.
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