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"Judge: Teen too pregnant for jail; She can give birth first, then go, judge says"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting local article from Michigan. Here are the details: A 19-year-old Pontiac woman was to be sentenced to prison Wednesday for her role in a crash that killed her pregnant friend. Instead, she will get a nine-week reprieve because she is now pregnant and due to deliver in five weeks. The sentencing judge said he did not want the child born behind bars. Alexis D. Wilson stood before Oakland County Circuit Judge Edward Sosnick. Sosnick told her she would have to report for sentencing Nov. 25. Her baby is due Nov. 1. Wilson, who is unemployed, faces 43 to 86 months in prison for the July 6, 2008, death of Tamia Williams, 17. Blood tests, taken at the scene but completed almost six months later, showed traces of marijuana in Wilson...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 24, 2009 (boomark / email).