Aurora Theater Shooter Mentioned In Fetal Homicide Debate At Capitol
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's Senate President says accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes should have been charged with 13 murders, not 12. That's because one of the women who survived the 2012 shooting later miscarried.
The Senate was debating a bill Monday to create a new crime of fetal homicide. Current Colorado law includes a crime of unlawfully terminating a pregnancy. But murder charges can't be brought in such cases because the baby isn't born.
The Colorado debate was inspired by the case last month of a pregnant Longmont woman who was attacked last month. The woman survived but the baby did not.
The fetal homicide bill is being debated on the opening day of Holmes' trial.
LINK: Senate Bill 268
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