Pregnant Alabama Woman who was shot charged with Manslaughter of her unborn baby

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Because, in majority of states, and most circumstances there is a felony murder law where
While there may be qualms as to the definition of "inherently dangerous" and whether the resultant death was merged with the original cause, basically the rule should be "don't start no shit, won't be no shit". It's called the unintentional death is a felony and doesn't require intent or malice when not in the first degree.

Is that the law being used to justify these charges? What dangerous felony was occurring at the time? (Assuming she was unarmed) I don't think starting a fight is a felony? This seems more like something that would apply if you were committing burglary and the person you were burglarizing died without an intent on your part to murder them.

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I'm fairly certain it is. The grand jury chose to dismiss changes on the beating victim, and charge the mother-to-be with manslaughter. Just like crack addicts can be, and often are, charged for taking drugs while pregnant. Just like it should be illegal for gun owners to be irresponsible with their guns, etc. For me this issue isn't about when the fetus receives personhood. It seems to make a difference where a fetus is a person in Alabama, though. That would confer felony murder, just as if there was a child in the car of the dollar general parking lot that was shot and killed while she beat the shit out of her baby-daddy's new beau against it. Even if it wasn't a person, she must have considered it her child to name and cremate it. It is dead because she aggressively sought and continued to punish someone physically to the point she felt the need to fight back. Whether endangering the child, murder or just felony assault she does deserve to be punished. I feel bad for her loss and the apparent bad time she's been having,but that doesn't excuse her actions or culpability.

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Punishing a woman for miscarying -- however it happens -- is sickening. This is why I'm glad I left Christianity a long time ago. They only want to control women. Alabama is a shithole.

She's not being punished for miscarrying, she's being held responsible for starting shit and the ramifications from that. In alababma fetuses are people, hence manslaughter. Is your problem with the amount of punishment or that she shouldn't be punished at all?