One has to read the whole story and not just the headlines to try to understand what happened....Altercation occurred and the case was presented to a grand jury. The grand jury found that the woman doing the shooting was acting in self defense. The pregnant woman was the instigator and aggressor in an assault on the shooter. The grand jury cleared the shooter and indicted the pregnant woman for the death of the fetus.

The legal theory is similar to "felony murder". If two guys rob a store and one of them is shot and killed by the shopkeeper, the other robber can be and usually is charged with felony murder. His and the dead partner's illegal actions led to the death.

If the grand jury would have found the shooter responsible she could have been and would have been charged. As it was the only criminal activity that led to the death of the child was the mother's.

I bet they have a difficult time convicting her.

Unless she paid somebody to shoot her in the stomach, the police are seriously goofy.

My understanding of this case now is that the woman who was shot was engaged in a violent assault and her victim shot in self-defense.

The death of the child she was carrying is apparently being considered a death which occurred in the commission of a felony - her assault on the other woman.

Friends of my stepson experienced this aspect of the law twenty years ago.
They broke in the door of a farmhouse and the farmer shot at them. One boy was hit in the thumb and fell to the ground. The farmer thought he had killed the young man and went into cardiac arrest. Later that night he died and the ones who broke in to his house (a felony) were arrested on either manslaughter or murder charges, I forget which.

This is getting ridiculous, okay Alabama we believe you, you're all for fetuses, no need to prove that furthermore! Next thing we know they will accuse suicide genes and apoptosis of murder 😂 this fucking p53 protein! Death penalty to it!

The police should be shot in the stomach

That is horrible.
If the woman was standing there with a baby in her arms, and initiated a conflict of any kind that resulted in the death of the baby oh, yes I would want her charged. You can no longer think for yourself once you are a parent. Particularly when your child is present, and this one was.

Lunacy. And doubtless a long; protracted mess of court hearings and political stupidity before common sense prevails.

She should’ve just thrown herself down the stairs

Punishment for a victim sounds like a good idea 🤔

I read about this... fucking ridiculous

The woman shot herself to kill her baby ? Manslaughter !

Way, way too far. It's Alabama playing their anti-abortion cards.

She's the new face of planned Parenthood

I don't understand how she could be charged

In my state, the charge would have been feticide.

She should have made it a twofer,lol.😏

Waaaaay too far

The Alabamba abortion