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A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released on reduced bail as her lawyers argue that the state's homicide law does not apply to pregnant women, a position backed by California's attorney general.
Chelsea Becker, 26, has been in a Kings County jail since her arrest in November 2019, unable to raise $2 million bail. A judge is expected to consider Tuesday whether to release her.
Court refuses to bar woman's murder prosecution for death of fetus, a loss for Becerra FacebookTwitterEmail California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s challenge to criminal charges filed by a local district attorney was turned aside by the state Supreme Court.Gary Coronado / TNS The state Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for the murder prosecution of a drug-using woman whose fetus was stillborn, rejecting a rare challenge by Attorney General Xavier Becerra to criminal charges filed by a local district attorney. Becerra’s office normally represents county prosecutors when their ca...