A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on 'Fetal Harm'

A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on 'Fetal Harm'
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a … But within days of Samiya's delivery in November 2006, Steven Hayne, Mississippi … Read more on ProPublica

Holder and Republicans Unite to Soften Sentencing Laws
In 2010, Congress unanimously voted to reduce the 100-to-1 disparity between sentences for crack cocaine offenses and those for powdered cocaine, a vestige of the crack epidemic. Now, the Obama administration and its … Libertarian-minded Republicans … Read more on New York Times