Word: edelin
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...prosecution's top witness, Dr. Enrique Giminez-Jimeno, testified at the first trial that the fetus died within the womb while Edelin kept his hand in the uterus through an abdominal incision...
McGuire said at the first trial that the victim of manslaughter had to be "alive outside the body of his or her mother." His statement suggested that if the jury believed the testimony of Giminez-Jimeno, it would have to acquit Edelin...
Homans said yesterday he believes Edelin was convicted because the jury had been influenced to decide that a fetus could be considered alive after it is separated from the placenta inside the uterus...
Homans said that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the fetus was alive after the abortion. During the trial, the defense argued that the fetus was probably dead before Edelin began the hysterotomy operation, as a result of three previous attempts to abort the fetus by saline solution...
...page report that the Supreme Court issued regarding the decision to clear Edelin, McGuire asserted that the court should have ordered a directed verdict on the case (a verdict decided by the judge), without its going before a jury, an article in The Boston Globe reported on December...