The disgust at the prosecution and sentencing of Purvi Patel has spread to the UK. The Independent has a story:
Her lawyers say Patel, who is from a conservative Hindu family, had concealed her pregnancy from her parents and panicked when she realised she was in labour. Patel lived with and cared for her parents and infirm grandparents in a house in South Bend, Indiana.
Patel maintained that the foetus was stillborn but the prosecution argued that she gave birth to a live foetus that died within a few seconds. [Read more…]