DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoNebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over abortionlockwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square303fedilinkarrow-up1648arrow-down119
arrow-up1629arrow-down1external-linkNebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over abortionlockwww.bbc.comDoctorTYVM@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square303fedilink
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·2 years agoI assume they will appeal as it is an unconstitutional crime they are being charged with.
minus-squareFaelNum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years ago“In May, Burgess pleaded guilty to a felony charge of removing or concealing human skeletal remains.” I don’t see the case they could raise unless they want to try to codify whether or not the remains are human at 28 weeks.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·2 years agoKilling a baby at 28-weeks of pregnancy and hiding the body is illegal in the vast majority of the US, including in blue states. What specifically would be unconstitutional about this conviction?
minus-squarejohnlsullivan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·2 years agoWhose body? That’s not yet a person.
minus-squaretallwookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agobit too late for that, as she admitted to her guilt
I assume they will appeal as it is an unconstitutional crime they are being charged with.
“In May, Burgess pleaded guilty to a felony charge of removing or concealing human skeletal remains.”
I don’t see the case they could raise unless they want to try to codify whether or not the remains are human at 28 weeks.
Killing a baby at 28-weeks of pregnancy and hiding the body is illegal in the vast majority of the US, including in blue states.
What specifically would be unconstitutional about this conviction?
Whose body? That’s not yet a person.
bit too late for that, as she admitted to her guilt