A small piece of good news: El Salvador rape victim acquitted over stillbirth murder charge

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RoyalCorgi · 20/08/2019 08:21

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a rape victim who gave birth to a stillborn baby, and was then sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment for murder, has now been acquitted in a retrial.

It's not much. The original charge and conviction was horrifying. But it's something.

www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/20/el-salvador-victim-acquitted-over-stillbirth-charge

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Forgotthebins · 20/08/2019 08:51

Wonderful news.

Forgotthebins · 20/08/2019 08:52

And actually it's quite big news isn't it? Huge for her and a precedent for other women in El Salvador.

littlbrowndog · 20/08/2019 08:54

It is great news. Ffs being jailed for having a stillbirth

What sort of world is this for women

S1naidSucks · 20/08/2019 08:58

That’s fantastic news, but I’m sure it will have had a massively detrimental affect on her mental health.

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RoyalCorgi · 20/08/2019 09:54

In a way, yes, it is big news. But at the same time it feels extremely depressing to be expected to feel pleased that a woman no longer has to spend 30 years in prison for the "crime" of having been raped and given birth to a stillborn baby.

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AllNaturalWoman · 20/08/2019 17:20

RoyalCorgi Completely agree, both good news and profoundly depressing that it could even happen

TalkingintheDark · 20/08/2019 18:31

What sort of world is this for women

That’s what I’m wondering too. Wonderful news that Evelyn has finally been cleared - but WTF? It breaks my heart that women are being treated like this.

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