I suspect this case will be trotted out in various abortion debates. However, on reading the article, it doesn't look to me like it has anything to do with any issue I consider valid re: abortion. The kid survived 45 minutes after being delivered, then died from a gunshot wound inflicted before he was delivered - but I think it'd be pretty appalling to say that wounds delivered in utero somehow don't count if they end up killing you afterward.
The first-degree murder charge was pretty simple - they committed murder during their (pretty clearly) premeditated plan for committing another crime. That makes it first-degree, pretty much anywhere, I think - if you go into a shop to rob it with a gun and end up shooting people, that's first-degree.
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Date: 2007-03-27 05:46 pm (UTC)The first-degree murder charge was pretty simple - they committed murder during their (pretty clearly) premeditated plan for committing another crime. That makes it first-degree, pretty much anywhere, I think - if you go into a shop to rob it with a gun and end up shooting people, that's first-degree.
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