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Regina McKnight -- Victory at Long Last!

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Great News! This is from Lynn Paltrow at National Advocates for Pregnant Women who fought this fight on behalf of Regina. Regina McKnight -- Victory at Long Last Today, we were thrilled to learn that after 8 long years, the South Carolina Supreme Court has finally reversed the 20-Year Homicide Conviction of Regina McKnight. The decision recognizes that research linking cocaine to stillbirths is based on "outdated" and inaccurate medical information. NAPW has been working on behalf of Ms. McKnight for nearly 10 years. Specifically the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that Regina McKnight did not have a fair trial when she was convicted in 2001 for homicide by child abuse. Through this conviction she became the first woman in South Carolina to be convicted of homicide by child abuse as a result of suffering an unintentional stillbirth...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).