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- From: holzman@d0gslb.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism,talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Parallel situations
- Date: 30 Dec 92 18:59:02 -0600
- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.185902.1@d0gslb.fnal.gov>
- References: <1992Dec30.011753.7937@cs.ucla.edu> <MUFFY.92Dec30144823@remarque.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <MUFFY.92Dec30144823@remarque.berkeley.edu>,
- muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- > Sounds pretty counter-productive; they can hardly "mend their ways" and
- > look after their children if they're locked up, eh? Unless, of course,
- > they've already been "convicted"...looks like they have, in the minds of
- > the public. What a country...news driven.
-
- They've not been convicted, they've been charged. As with most people charged
- with felonies, this means that they are held in jail until their trial, unless
- they can post bond as surety that they won't skip town.
-
- The children were placed in foster care when they were found alone in the
- house. Whether the parents get to look after their children again is up to a
- court to decide.
-
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