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."
Can you say "FEMINAZI"? I knew you could.
This kid should be hooked up with the Washington guy who killed the chold rapists.
This kid still has time to repent and see the error of his ways. Abortion docs are inherently evil.
Practicing medicine without a license
Time off for good behaviour, that is...if he promises not to beat up any more unborn babies.
And you wonder why these kids act like animals...
Society teaches them, implores them to have no respect for human life, not even their own.
These two kids both belong in a mental hospital.
The abortion doctors do it quickly, efficiently, and in most cases painlessly. This messed up kid, with the full cooperation of his equally messed up pregnant girlfriend, beat and kicked the fetus over a period of 2 weeks before finally getting the result he wanted.
Anybody willing to bet this lawyer did this Pro bono.
I guess these kids couldn’t afford the $300 for the abortion.
I didn't expect that in Macomb County. Wayne County maybe, not Macomb.
They belong in jail.
Let's not look for excuses for just plain evil.
later pingout.
"if he promises not to beat up any more unborn babies."
No, no, thats a non-viable blob of fetal tissue, not a baby./sad sarc
4 yrs of Med School and a 'license to kill'...
If the girl had not been pregnant, and had been beaten with a baseball bat by her boyfriend, and had sustained injuries - the guy would undoubtedly be going to jail.
But, since the girl was pregnant, and was beaten with a baseball bat by her boyfriend, and their unborn child died - the guy is not going to jail, since the battery was with the girl's consent and was for the express purpose of killing the baby.
I get it. Assault and battery is only permissible if you are trying to get rid of your unborn child.
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