OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A Richmond man is facing 32 years to life in prison for the stabbing death of his pregnant girlfriend.
An Alameda County Superior Court jury found 34-year-old Aaron Ashley guilty Thursday of two counts of second-degree murder in the September 2008 death of 24-year-old Latrice Grayson and her 8-month-old fetus.
Prosecutors had asked jurors to find Ashley guilty of first-degree murder, arguing he planned to kill his girlfriend because she wouldn't abort the pregnancy or give the child for adoption.
But the defense said Ashley acted in a moment of passion after Grayson told him the fetus wasn't his.
Ashley, a postal worker who is married with three children, had initially denied stabbing Grayson, but later acknowledged he attacked her.
That's pretty logical. Can't get girfriend to abort baby or give it up for adoption, so perform your own abortion by killing the mother.
Why is abortion not considered murdered, but killing a pregnant woman counts as two murders?