{"id":8227,"date":"2014-03-28T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8227"},"modified":"2014-03-28T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:05:47","slug":"a-stillborn-child-leads-to-a-murder-charge-me-at-amcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/03\/a-stillborn-child-leads-to-a-murder-charge-me-at-amcon.html","title":{"rendered":"“A Stillborn Child Leads to a Murder Charge”: Me at AmCon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

on an awful, years-long case:<\/p>\n

In 2006, 15-year-old Rennie Gibbs became pregnant<\/a>. She tested positive for marijuana and cocaine during her pregnancy. Her daughter Samiya was born a month premature, with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. An autopsy on the child found traces of a cocaine byproduct, and Rennie was charged with murder\u2014or rather, with what Mississippi calls \u201cdepraved heart murder,\u201d signifying an especially callous crime. Gibbs\u2019s case has wound its way through the legal system, and it is still unclear whether she will go on trial this spring; but if she does, Gibbs, now 23, will face the threat of life in prison.<\/p>\n

These are the facts. Heartbreaking personal stories lie behind them, and broader societal stories as well. The story of Rennie and Samiya Gibbs is a story of a prosecutor with a cavalier approach to evidence; a story of scapegoating and the inability to accept tragedy; a story of the police state created by what Jim Henley<\/a> calls \u201cthe war on some drugs\u201d; and a story, too, about legal attempts to protect the unborn. \u201cWe can love them both\u201d is one of the more inspiring slogans of the pro-life movement. What would loving them both look like, for Rennie and Samiya? I\u2019m pretty sure \u201clife in prison\u201d is not the answer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013with a cri de coeur from me at the end.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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