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Pregnant Woman Gets Bail As Court Says Delivery In Jail Would Impact Baby
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has granted six months temporary bail to a pregnant woman, arrested in a drugs case, noting that delivering a child in prison atmosphere would impact both the mother and the baby.
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"Lowest Of Low": Why Man Who Killed His Daughters Lives In Constant Fear
A Colorado man, who murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters in 2018, now lives in constant fear in prison. Chris Watts is terrified of being attacked or killed by prisoners disgusted by his heinous crime, reported the NY Post.
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Undertrial Pregnant Woman Prisoner Escapes During Hospital Checkup In Bhopal
A 24-year-old undertrial pregnant woman prisoner, who was brought from Bhopal Central Jail to Hamidia Hospital for checkup, escaped on Saturday, an official said.
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Women Getting Pregnant In Bengal Jails, 196 Babies Born: High Court Told
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered transfer to a criminal division bench of a matter in which the amicus curiae claimed that some women prisoners lodged in West Bengal's correctional homes were getting pregnant and 196 babies
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"Had Not Been Pregnant, Would Have Ended My Life": UK Post Office Scandal Victim
Wrongly convicted due to bugs in the UK Post Office's computer system, Seema Misra was sent to prison while two months pregnant.
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US Man Caught On Camera Dumping Pregnant Girlfriend's Body On Highway Sentenced For Murder
A 33-year-old man in the US who was caught on video dumping his pregnant girlfriend's dead body on the side of an expressway in New York has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the killing.
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Pregnant Japan Prisoners Stay Shackled, Newborns Separated: Rights Group
Handcuffs during pregnancy, separation from newborn babies, and insufficient care for elderly inmates are among the abuses suffered by women incarcerated in Japan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
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Pregnant US Prisoner Seeks Release As Her Unborn Baby Is Innocent
Apregnant woman charged with murder and jailed in Florida wants out of prison on the grounds that her unborn baby is innocent and "held unlawfully," a lawyer said Thursday.
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Turkish Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing Pregnant Wife For Insurance Money
A Turkish man was given a life sentence for shoving his pregnant wife off a cliff in order to cash in on her life insurance policy.
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A Doctor Laced His Ex-Girlfriend's Tea With Abortion Pills And Got Three Years In Prison
A Washington-area doctor was sentenced to three years in prison for slipping an abortion pill into his pregnant ex-girlfriend's drink, causing her to miscarry.
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Vietnam Suspends 4 Guards After Inmate Becomes Pregnant: Report
Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will be commuted to life in prison once her child is born, state media reported today.
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Pregnant New York Prisoners To Be Unshackled In Transit
Pregnant prisoners in New York state will no longer be shackled while in transit, a move hailed by rights groups that describe physically restricting expectant mothers as "dangerous and inhumane."
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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant 13 Times in 10 Years to Avoid Jail Term
A woman sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region evaded prison for ten years by getting pregnant 13 times before she was finally sent to jail by a court.
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Indian-Origin Man Arrested for Fatal Crash in US
A 22-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US for alleged drunk driving which caused a horrific accident that killed three people, including a pregnant woman, and could face up to 50 years in prison if convicted.
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Pregnant Woman Gets Bail As Court Says Delivery In Jail Would Impact Baby
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has granted six months temporary bail to a pregnant woman, arrested in a drugs case, noting that delivering a child in prison atmosphere would impact both the mother and the baby.
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"Lowest Of Low": Why Man Who Killed His Daughters Lives In Constant Fear
A Colorado man, who murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters in 2018, now lives in constant fear in prison. Chris Watts is terrified of being attacked or killed by prisoners disgusted by his heinous crime, reported the NY Post.
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Undertrial Pregnant Woman Prisoner Escapes During Hospital Checkup In Bhopal
A 24-year-old undertrial pregnant woman prisoner, who was brought from Bhopal Central Jail to Hamidia Hospital for checkup, escaped on Saturday, an official said.
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Women Getting Pregnant In Bengal Jails, 196 Babies Born: High Court Told
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered transfer to a criminal division bench of a matter in which the amicus curiae claimed that some women prisoners lodged in West Bengal's correctional homes were getting pregnant and 196 babies
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"Had Not Been Pregnant, Would Have Ended My Life": UK Post Office Scandal Victim
Wrongly convicted due to bugs in the UK Post Office's computer system, Seema Misra was sent to prison while two months pregnant.
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US Man Caught On Camera Dumping Pregnant Girlfriend's Body On Highway Sentenced For Murder
A 33-year-old man in the US who was caught on video dumping his pregnant girlfriend's dead body on the side of an expressway in New York has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the killing.
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Pregnant Japan Prisoners Stay Shackled, Newborns Separated: Rights Group
Handcuffs during pregnancy, separation from newborn babies, and insufficient care for elderly inmates are among the abuses suffered by women incarcerated in Japan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
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Pregnant US Prisoner Seeks Release As Her Unborn Baby Is Innocent
Apregnant woman charged with murder and jailed in Florida wants out of prison on the grounds that her unborn baby is innocent and "held unlawfully," a lawyer said Thursday.
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Turkish Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing Pregnant Wife For Insurance Money
A Turkish man was given a life sentence for shoving his pregnant wife off a cliff in order to cash in on her life insurance policy.
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A Doctor Laced His Ex-Girlfriend's Tea With Abortion Pills And Got Three Years In Prison
A Washington-area doctor was sentenced to three years in prison for slipping an abortion pill into his pregnant ex-girlfriend's drink, causing her to miscarry.
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Vietnam Suspends 4 Guards After Inmate Becomes Pregnant: Report
Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will be commuted to life in prison once her child is born, state media reported today.
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Pregnant New York Prisoners To Be Unshackled In Transit
Pregnant prisoners in New York state will no longer be shackled while in transit, a move hailed by rights groups that describe physically restricting expectant mothers as "dangerous and inhumane."
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Chinese Woman Gets Pregnant 13 Times in 10 Years to Avoid Jail Term
A woman sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region evaded prison for ten years by getting pregnant 13 times before she was finally sent to jail by a court.
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Indian-Origin Man Arrested for Fatal Crash in US
A 22-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US for alleged drunk driving which caused a horrific accident that killed three people, including a pregnant woman, and could face up to 50 years in prison if convicted.
