Government,
Criminal
Nov. 6, 2020
Becerra intervenes for woman charged with murder in her fetus’ death
Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly using illegal drugs during a pregnancy that ended with a stillbirth.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in Thursday in a second case in which a woman was charged with murder for allegedly using illegal drugs during a pregnancy that ended with a stillbirth.
Becerra's office is supporting Chelsea Becker, who is asking the state Supreme Court to review homicide charges against her, arguing a 1970 state law amending the murder statute was not intended to be used to charge women with the death of a fe...
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