Saturday, May 7, 2011

Baja California: 22 years in prison for miscarriage, yet finally released

In Baja California, a woman was in 2008 sentenced to 22 years in prison for infanticide, or the killing of her baby, despite all evidence indicating that she suffered a miscarriage.

Now, after suffering three years in prison, it was finally announced by the state supreme court that she should be let go, following massive pressure from her legal representatives and civil organizations: No evidence whatsoever existed that she had killed her baby, yet the poor woman, now 22, had to languish for three years.

How many more share a similar fate in Mexico's prisons, in particular the states run by the PAN and PRI?

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