USC Coed Gets Off After Dumping Dead Babies
A USC female student had a judge dismiss the charge of murder against her for killing her newborn child by dumping him in a dumpster behind the school after giving birth. It will speak volumes about our judicial system if she gets off without serving any time at all while Paris Hilton remains in jail for driving on a suspended license.
Holly Ashcraft, a 22-year-old architecture major who has stood trial for two years, still faces a June 27 hearing for one charge of child abuse.
Ashcraft was arrested in October 2005 after a newborn was found in a Dumpster behind the 29th Street Cafe. DNA evidence proved it was her son.
Prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Franco Barrata had cited a coroner’s conclusion that the baby was born alive, but defense attorney Mark Geragos had repeatedly challenged that assertion in court.
The case had prominently featured expert testimony by deputy medical examiner David B. Whiteman, who said the deceased infant’s lungs were partially inflated, indicating a live birth.
But two medical experts from USC’s Keck School of Medicine reviewed the final autopsy report and found little evidence of a live birth.
The scariest thing is that this is the SECOND time that this lady has done this and likely will still serve NO jail time while Paris Hilton remains in jail for 45 days for driving on a suspended license.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Ashcraft was investigated in 2004 for similar charges after she showed up at Good Samaritan Hospital having recently given birth, but without a baby.
She said the baby was stillborn, and police could never find the baby’s body to verify her claim, the Times reported.
Read the full article to get a better picture of the story. I don’t see how someone can throw a baby in a dumpster whether it was born dead or alive….and for the SECOND TIME?
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