Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when 23-year-old Ebony Jemison shot her in the stomach during a December argument over the fetus’s father, authorities said. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Attorneys for an Alabama woman indicted for manslaughter after she lost her fetus when she was shot filed a motion Monday to dismiss the charges, calling them “completely unreasonable and unjust.” The district attorney’s office has not yet decided whether to prosecute. Jones, 28, was indicted by the same grand jury and arrested Wednesday. The filing calls the idea that Jones intentionally caused the death of her fetus by initiating the fight a “tortured,” ‘’irrational“ theory which ”defies the most basic logic and analysis.“The motion also argues that the state is not legally allowed to prosecute Jones under Alabama law. “The fact that this tragedy was 100 per cent avoidable makes this case even more disheartening.”

Source: thestar July 01, 2019 16:18 UTC