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[Luddly Neddite]

Mississippi high court affirms dismissal in stillbirth case » The Commercial Appeal

The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an indictment against a woman who suffered a stillbirth and was arrested in 2010 because of alleged drug use during her pregnancy.

Nina Buckhalter was charged with negligent culpable manslaughter, but a local judge threw out the case in 2012. Prosecutors appealed.

In a ruling Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court said the indictment, which alleged Buckhalter willfully caused the death of the fetus, was flawed.

Obviously, this sounds like a joke -- BUT - how long before women are punished for still births and miscarriages?

 

[R.C. Christian]

If they use the should be. Executions of such trash would be preferable.