Should Drug Addicts Be Charged for Murder if Their Child Is Stillborn?
Question by Miss Verlaine: Should drug addicts be charged for murder if their child is stillborn?
In South Carolina, a woman was sentenced to 12 years in prision for homicide by child abuse.
–homeless drug addict with IQ of 72
–was using cocaine at 8.5 months
–addicted to cocaine, and no drug-treatment options available to her
Please consider both sides before answering….what do you think? What are your reasons?
Assume that yes, it was the cocaine that lead to the death of the fetus
I hate throwing in my opinion, because I don’t want to bias the answers….but think about it
What about smokers? They can cause serious harm to their fetus as well. They have smaller babies, and risk premature birth. Should they be charged with child abuse?
Best answer:
Answer by Meg
Not unless they can ACTUALLY PROVE that it was the drugs that killed the baby. There could be other reasons why, diseases not associated with drugs what-so-ever.
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ummmmm YES!!!!!
South Carolina was never one of the brightest states in the union.
Realisticly it’s stupid…why stop there? Shouldn’t her parents be thrown in jail as well. And the Grandparents as well? WHat about all the homless people who coulda stopped it? Should they be in Jail?
I believe she should be sentenced to twelve years in a mental institution. Drug rehab and lots of therapy. Maybe she didn’t realize what she was doing, but that still isn’t an excuse for doing the drugs that killed her baby. She should be punished.
In certain situations when the person has done it before and is basically using it as a form of birth control, yes!
Yes
A very sad situation. But yes I think she got what she deserved and is actually better off now. If she had had the child and let it die because of neglect it would have amounted to the same thing. Even homeless people have treatment options, most shelters offer them. Now that she is in prison, she has decent clothes, shelter, regular meals, health care ( including drug treatment ) and probably learning a skill. She might actually turn her life around. Killing another human, even through neglect, should have consequences.
You bet!
Yes, she should she would go to jail if she beat the baby why should she not be punished for putting her child in just as much danger or even more so because the child can not get away from her or tell someone.
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I’m an Iraq combat veteran w/ over 175 combat missions as a .50cal gunner in Baghdad. I have PTSD, and am a major alcoholic. I also dabble in drugs here n there.. I’ve been? taking suboxen the past year or so…and it’s a miracle medication. I’m still looking out my window at 3am, and carrying a weapon everywhere, but it’s made me alot better.