Alabama drops homicide charge against woman who lost fetus
06 July 2019 |
10:50 am
Prosecutors in Alabama have dropped manslaughter charges against a woman who lost her unborn child after she was shot in a fight. A grand jury indicted Marshae Jones after deciding that the shooter acted in self defense.
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