BREAKING: Judge Dismisses Some Charges Against Gosnell

The prosecution wrapped up their case last week and before starting the defense, Gosnell's lawyer asked for the judge to dismiss the charges.

He dropped some but left others.

Gosnell’s defense attorney asked the judge to drop three of the charges for killing the babies and the judge agreed with the contention there was not enough evidence to convict Gosnell on those charges. He still faces the other charges the prosecution has brought and the murder trial will continue on them.

The judge also dropped five counts of corpse abuse at the request of his defense attorney Jack McMahon.

Nothing to see here, move along citizen.

Update:

[Gosnell] still faces a third-degree murder charge in the death of Nepalese immigrant Karnamaya Mongar, 41, and four counts of first-degree murder for the baby deaths.

More:

Gosnell acquittal on 3 murder counts came after defense argued DA couldn't prove babies were alive when necks severed. Via @jdmullane

— Sunny (@sunnyright) April 23, 2013

Despite my first reaction, while this isn't good for the case (or humanity) it's not the end either. It's not like prosecutors haven't overreached in charging people before and there are still 5 capital murder counts on the table.

posted by DrewM. at 12:37 PM

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