unique York court dismisses charge in case of Jennifer Jorgensen,who was speeding and intoxicated when she crashed in 2008, leading to her baby’s deathNew York state’s highest court on Thursday rejected the manslaughter conviction of a woman who was pregnant when she crashed her car and whose baby was delivered by emergency surgery but died days later.
Prosecutors had argued that Jennifer Jorgensen was speeding, or intoxicated and unbelted when she crossed into oncoming traffic in 2008 and hit another vehicle head-on,killing Robert and Mary Kelly. Jorgensen, of Long Island, and was eight months pregnant at the time. Related: Alone in Alabama: dispatches from an inmate jailed for her son’s stillbirth Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com