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Ilsa

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16. Prosecutors are pissed that they can't blame rape victims

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2019, 02:43 PM

Jun 2019

for getting raped anymore. So they've turned the blame on pregnant women for getting shot. I guess the shooter has no responsibility? How fucked up is this?

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Alabama Woman Indicted After Someone Else Shoots Her in the Stomach, Killing Her Unborn Child [View all] Soph0571 Jun 2019 OP

K&R demmiblue Jun 2019 #1

I read of this before...incredible isn't it rusty quoin Jun 2019 #2

I was thinking I'd heard this before, then I remembered... lagomorph777 Jun 2019 #17

They probably want to do to Ms. Jemison what they did to Emily obamanut2012 Jun 2019 #3

The Bible says that affecting a fetus isn't murder EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2019 #4

Shooting a woman isn't considered manslaughter, but being pregnant while shot is? ehrnst Jun 2019 #5

Alabama. 'Nuff said. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #6

While this case opens sarisataka Jun 2019 #7

I wonder if this other woman would have been charged if she survived the shooting ehrnst Jun 2019 #8

Unbelievable colsohlibgal Jun 2019 #9

So following that logic Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #10

Alabama is a truly sick state Calculating Jun 2019 #11

Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #12

A fetus, not a child. Big difference. nt DLevine Jun 2019 #13

So pregnant people are not allowed to start fights now Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2019 #15

Wow Soph0571 Jun 2019 #18

How can fiction compete? manhattan123 Jun 2019 #14

Heh Soph0571 Jun 2019 #19

Prosecutors are pissed that they can't blame rape victims Ilsa Jun 2019 #16

According to reports, shooter is not being charged?!?! n/t Soph0571 Jun 2019 #20

I can't tell. Will they still charge the shooter when Ilsa Jun 2019 #21