Posted on 09/06/2005 2:38:33 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie
A teenage boy who was charged in January with intentionally beating his pregnant girlfriend's belly with a miniature baseball bat, thereby inducing a miscarriage, has pleaded "no contest" to the charges and will not serve any jail time.
The teen, now 17, awaits a juvenile sentencing or disposition on the charge Sept. 29.
Macomb County (Mich.) Prosecutor Eric Smith, who said in January that "this crime is shocking and reprehensible," and "I will not entertain any plea bargaining on it" defended his leniency by saying "It's not a plea bargain or a sentence bargain. He pleaded as charged," … "The reason for the no contest plea is the defendant might have a concern about civil litigation, and in today's overly litigious environment anything is possible."
Evidence indicates that the prosecution acted otherwise. According to the Macomb Daily an order entered in court Wednesday formalizing the plea states that "conditions of the plea are that the court will have jurisdiction over (the boy) until age 19 and that the prosecution will not seek incarceration of (him) at disposition."
In effect the teen will probably serve two years of juvenile probation and may have the case dismissed completely if he completes the probation. Prosecutors have said they oppose any dismissal, but defense attorney Miranda Massie believes that "in human terms, the cost of going to trial would probably be too high," … "We still think there was no crime committed here. But even if we went to trial and won, the likelihood of losing his anonymity under the national media attention would mean a heavy toll for him, and for her. And this was a good resolution."
The teen's former girlfriend, who consented to the beating and was also aged 16 at the time, faced no charges. The boy however was facing a 15-year felony charge with a more probable outcome, if found guilty, of incarceration in a Juvenile Center until he turned 21.
The pro-abortion political aspect was certainly in play as Massie feared that the case could be used to "give reproductive rights a big push backwards."
So what is the difference between him and an abortion doc???
none
I didn't think there was anything lower than abortionists. Then I met one of their lawyers. Unreal.
A license to kill.
he is unlicensed.
"So what is the difference between him and an abortion doc???"
About $300,000-$600,000 a year.
!
$^%@'$ $&#^ #*%^#$ %*&@%$#^!
In fact, he will receive a medal.
About 5000 dollars.
Neither did I.
Then I read about someone whose biggest concern- when a baby is beaten to death with a baseball bat- is whether the crime might "give reproductive rights a big push backwards."
But what about the revenue the doctors were cheated out of?
Isn't this practicing medicine without a license?
And we wonder why the world is in the condition it is in. This perp will walk. Go figure.
WTF? Something tells me that these two kids were not overly endowed in the brain cell dept.
Kevorkian's spawn.
Was he in the Super Dome last week?
We live in evil times.
So what is the difference between him and an abortion doc???
He has a better batting average?
Can't have a case that would interfere with the constitutional right of a woman to privately have her unborn baby beaten to death.
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