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LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – A woman suspected of cutting an unborn baby from a woman’s belly in Longmont will face several charges, including attempted murder, in the attack.
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett won’t charge Dynel Lane, 34, with murder. He discussed why during a news conference to announce the charges.
“Colorado criminal law defines homicide as ‘the killing of a person by another’ and it defines a person as ‘a human being who had been born and was alive at the time of the homicidal act. That person does not include a fetus even if the child is born following the injury which ultimately results in its death.’ On this point, Colorado law is absolutely unambiguous. A prosecutor cannot file murder charges when a baby who is killed, has not lived outside the body of the mother. For similar reasons I cannot bring charges of child abuse resulting in death,” said Garnett.
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http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/03/...ut-unborn-baby-womb-attempted-murder-assault/
The baby died. How is this not murder?
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett won’t charge Dynel Lane, 34, with murder. He discussed why during a news conference to announce the charges.
“Colorado criminal law defines homicide as ‘the killing of a person by another’ and it defines a person as ‘a human being who had been born and was alive at the time of the homicidal act. That person does not include a fetus even if the child is born following the injury which ultimately results in its death.’ On this point, Colorado law is absolutely unambiguous. A prosecutor cannot file murder charges when a baby who is killed, has not lived outside the body of the mother. For similar reasons I cannot bring charges of child abuse resulting in death,” said Garnett.
Read more.
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/03/...ut-unborn-baby-womb-attempted-murder-assault/
The baby died. How is this not murder?