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Actually, being pregnant won't stop a jail sentence if it applies, the child will be born in jail then given to the nearest next of kin to raise till the moo is released. Although many jury's won't want that scenario of separating a loaf from its cow so young, and will likely just give a lighter longer sentence.
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Actually, being pregnant won't stop a jail sentence if it applies, the child will be born in jail then given to the nearest next of kin to raise till the moo is released. Although many jury's won't want that scenario of separating a loaf from its cow so young, and will likely just give a lighter longer sentence.
This is technically true in the US as well - several states require pregnant prisoners to give birth in shackles. While they definitely do jail piggos here, in practice I would imagine judges handing them down lighter sentences invoking "judicial discretion" and taking into account "all facts and circumstances" - which obviously include the pignancy. Many states in the US elect their judges, thus and no one would want to be vilified as the judge who jailed a pregnant women in the eyes if the voter. Similarly, juries are easily swayed by the pregnant card as they are any other sob stories.
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exile
Actually, being pregnant won't stop a jail sentence if it applies, the child will be born in jail then given to the nearest next of kin to raise till the moo is released. Although many jury's won't want that scenario of separating a loaf from its cow so young, and will likely just give a lighter longer sentence.
This is technically true in the US as well - several states require pregnant prisoners to give birth in shackles. While they definitely do jail piggos here, in practice I would imagine judges handing them down lighter sentences invoking "judicial discretion" and taking into account "all facts and circumstances" - which obviously include the pignancy. Many states in the US elect their judges, thus and no one would want to be vilified as the judge who jailed a pregnant women in the eyes if the voter. Similarly, juries are easily swayed by the pregnant card as they are any other sob stories.
Yeah, I was gonna say, being in jail pregnant sucks way harder than it would for a non pregnant inmate. Piggos in jail usually, as stated before, give birth in shackles. This is incredibly hard on a person and some individuals have almost died due to it. If she goes to jail she better bring some lube for the birth because it's gonna be baaaaaaaad.
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Clark County District Court Judge David Barker said he thought Gloria Eun Hye Lee, 36, was using her pregnancy to try to get him to hand down a lesser sentence.
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I was a state correctional officer for several years. It might be good to clarify a point brought up here.
Women inmates who are in labor, about to give birth, are transported to a regular hospital just as any other inmate at medical risk would be. The rules require that all inmates be restrained while outside a secured facility on a medical run to lessen the odds of escape attempts, and that includes pregnant women. A doctor can request that all restraints be removed temporarily if a medical issue or required medical test (such as an MRI) warrants it, but otherwise they remain in place—for a male inmate with a bunch of IVs, then at least leg irons must be used, for example. However, an inmate cannot be shackled to a bed or other object, only to him/herself, at least in my state.
By the way, in my state inmates on medical runs are always handcuffed in front, not in rear as cops making an arrest would. But leg irons and other chains are part of the complete setup and are all generally mandatory.