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Cocaine User Charged With Fetal Murder

By Siobhan Morrissey ● Uncategorized ● February 20, 2001

In South Carolina, prosecutors have charged a woman with murdering her fetus, claiming her abuse of cocaine caused a stillbirth. This is the latest in a series of criminal charges again pregnant women for using alcohol or drugs.

In Death, A Battered Woman Could Help The Living

By Siobhan Morrissey ● Crime & Law ● August 31, 2000

An all-too-common denouement: a battered woman starkly in fear for her life is murdered by her estranged but ferociously menacing husband. This time, however, the death in California has set off a federal court battle with national implications.