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Edelin was convicted by a Suffolk County Superior Court jury on February 15, 1975, for allegedly causing the death of a 22-24 week old fetus after an abortion performed at Boston City Hospital...
William P. Homans Jr. '41, who represented Edelin at his trial, argued for the first half hour that the prosecution failed to prove that "the fetus was born alive outside the mother...
Charles R. Nesson '60, professor of Law, speaking on behalf of Edelin, concluded the appeal, saying that because it could not be adequately proved that the fetus was "viable" when still inside the body of its mother, the state had no power to impose a criminal sanction on Edelin...
...defense challenged the testimony of the chief prosecution witness, Dr. Enrique Giminez, who said that Edelin, in performing the abortion, held his fingers inside the uterus for three minutes in order to assure the death of the fetus...
...forced to watch as her parents are burned at the stake for witchcraft. Later she is brought to the colonies by Sea Captain Jared Bilby, who is enchanted by her. In Massachusetts, Doll takes one look at Bilby's wife Hannah and is able to wither the fetus in her womb-or so Hannah later contends. At 19, Doll takes a lover named Shad, convinced he is a messenger from the King of Hell. Arrested as a witch, she dies in jail convinced not only that she is one, but that Satan will be her salvation...