The foetus “has not committed any crime”, the imprisoned woman argued. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- A Florida court has denied the petition of a pregnant murder suspect who sought release from prison on the grounds her unborn child was innocent of the charges and therefore being held unlawfully.
The court said in its decision on Friday it was impossible to “properly resolve whether the unborn child has the standing to file the petition before us given the inadequate record in this matter”. The foetus “has not committed any crime” yet remains incarcerated in “deplorable conditions” and unless granted relief will be “likely brought into this world on the concrete floor of the prison cell”, Harrell’s petition says.
“The argument is nothing more than an attempt for the mother to leverage her unborn child as a basis to be released from lawful detention,” she wrote.
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