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Post by iamjumbo on Sept 13, 2011 5:49:41 GMT -5
Looked up the story because I thought it was really odd.....it still is......but thought this might be helpful...... Rennie Gibbs is accused of murder, but the crime she is alleged to have committed does not sound like an ordinary killing. Yet she faces life in prison in Mississippi over the death of her unborn child. Gibbs became pregnant aged 15, but lost the baby in December 2006 in a stillbirth when she was 36 weeks into the pregnancy. When prosecutors discovered that she had a cocaine habit – though there is no evidence that drug abuse had anything to do with the baby's death – they charged her with the "depraved-heart murder" of her child, which carries a mandatory life sentence. ************************** So.....if they don't have proof that the cocaine killed the baby.....I don't see how they can proceed. First of all.....at 15 there are all sorts of things that can go wrong!! 15....pregnant and a coke addict..........there are a lot of things wrong in this girl's life. Lewis just pointed out on the DP thread that the US executed a man who wasn't even at the scene of the crime, so nothing really surprise me any more. of course, since such a thing has NEVER occurred, you should be surprised.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2011 6:27:09 GMT -5
"of course, since such a thing has NEVER occurred, you should be surprised. "
Notice how effective is the "court of public opinion" - when reality can be denied because of unwillingness to accept it.
Thus, the need for either a court or other agency that speaks with the force of law.
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