Americans and Their Guns

Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/06/woman-indicted-in-shooting-death-of-her-unborn-child-charges-against-shooter-dismissed.html

Man shoots a pregnant woman and is let go while she is indicted on manslaughter?

'merica. *shrugs*

Eh, it was self-defence. She started the fight.

I don't see how it would be any different if a knife or any other weapon had been used or even if he'd punched her to the same effect - barring the probable severity for the latter.

In both the UK and US self-defence has to be applied with reasonable force. I don't see how shooting a woman who was 5-months pregnant could be considered self-defence. Being 5 months pregnant isn't exactly an advantage in a fight.

Was it her first resort to go straight for the gun? Most of this seems to be based on the police officer's statement, so we don't know.

Yah and if he had a gun on hand, shot for a non-fatal wound, and if there was sufficient force on her part then it's reasonable.

Again, it's no more fatal than any other weapon if you intention is in accord.

i thought this was a fight between 2 girls.Those involved were Marshae Jones (the pregnant woman) and Ebony Jaimeson - another woman. The disagreement was about the father of the unborn child but he doesn't seem to have been directly involved. I only mention this because some seem tobe saying that the shooter was a bloke.

'Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Birmingham woman, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge. She was taken into custody on Wednesday.

Though Jones didn’t fire the shots that killed her unborn baby girl, authorities say she initiated the dispute that led to the gunfire. Police initially charged 23-year-old Ebony Jemison with manslaughter, but the charge against Jemison was dismissed after the grand jury failed to indict her.'

'Reid said the fight stemmed over the unborn baby’s father. The investigation showed, he said, that it was Jones who initiated and pressed the fight, which ultimately caused Jemison to defend herself and unfortunately caused the death of the baby.'

Sorry if i have misunderstood.