Criminal
Dec. 17, 2020
Woman addict whose baby died must stand trial on murder charge
In October 2019, Chelsea Becker gave birth to a stillborn son. She was arrested days later after hospital staff told the Kings County Medical Examiner’s Office the boy had methamphetamine in his system.
A woman charged with murder after giving birth will face trial in Kings County Superior Court, on the grounds her child was born dead because of her drug use.
The case has become part of a debate on the meaning of a decades-old law that states prosecutors cannot charge a woman with the murder of her own fetus. The Kings County District Attorney's office has argued that protection applies only when a woman seeks a lawful abortion --...
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