Teen Gets Life Sentence For Helping Girlfriend End Pregnancy
Disturbing story/verdict aside - this sounds like a terrifying precedent:
From AP
A 19-year-old East Texas man faces a life prison sentence for causing his teenage girlfriend to miscarry twins, even though she wanted to end the pregnancy.Gerardo Flores was accused of causing the miscarriage by stepping on his girlfriend's stomach. He was prosecuted under the state's new fetal protection law.
Erica Basoria acknowledged asking Flores to help end her pregnancy. But the 17-year-old can't be prosecuted because of her legal right to abortion.
The defense contended that Basoria punched herself while Flores was stepping on her, making it impossible to tell who killed the twins.
The jury reached a verdict after deliberating four hours. Because prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty in the case, Flores received the automatic life sentence.
Comments
Where do I begin?
Posted by: Jamie | June 10, 2005 09:51 PM
Too funny
Posted by: Anonymous | June 10, 2005 07:14 PM
Disturbing to say the least. On the 40th anniversery of Griswold v. Conn. no less.
Posted by: John | June 7, 2005 09:27 PM