Criminal
Jun. 13, 2006
Juris Paradox: When Life Itself Constitutes Great Bodily Injury
Criminals should be punished, and unborn life is precious. Both propositions are central tenets of conservative politics. But what happens when these values collide? If unborn life is inherently good, should our criminal statutes allow conception and pregnancy to qualify as a punishable injury?
Konrad Moore
Public Defender
Kern County Public Defender's Office
Criminals should be punished, and unborn life is precious. Both propositions are central tenets of conservative politics. But what happens when these values collide? If unborn life is inherently good, should our criminal statutes allow conception and pregnancy to qualify as a punishable injury?
The California Supreme Court has accepted and will decide a criminal appeal answering these questions.
Under state law, personal infliction of great bodily injury represents a...
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