{"id":1766,"date":"2005-10-01T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2005-10-01T11:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/judgment.html"},"modified":"2005-10-01T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2005-10-01T11:08:29","slug":"judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/judgment.html","title":{"rendered":"Judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Abortion notes a story about a judgment in a Michigan case:<\/a><\/p>\n

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According to today’s Detroit News, the teenager who caused the death of his girlfriend’s in utero baby by repeatedly whacking her in the belly with a baseball bat has been sentenced to serve 200 hours of community service in a pro-life pregnancy center.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As the subhead says, "Judge’s order for boy convicted of hitting girlfriend with a bat to end pregnancy prompts objections."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The comments on the post are interesting, wondering if, in fact, placing this guy in the center indicates some animus towards in on the judge’s part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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