US EditionCA Drops Charges Against Pro-Life Activists' For Release Of Undercover Videos
- California dropped all charges against pro-life activist Sandra Merritt after eight years of prosecution for her role in undercover videos about Planned Parenthood's practices.
- Merritt will plead 'no contest' to a single felony charge, which will be reduced to a misdemeanor after one year and expunged from her record.
- Liberty Counsel stated that the plea agreement ends an unjust case without prison time, fines, or penalties for Merritt.
- Daleiden called the dismissal a 'huge victory' after nine years of political prosecution, emphasizing the need to protect families from the abortion industry.
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California Prosecutors Reach Plea Deal With Pro-Life Advocates in Secret Recording Case
California prosecutors said on Jan. 28 that they have reached a plea deal with pro-life advocates Sandra Merritt and David Daleiden over their alleged roles in secretly videotaping conversations with individuals at conferences and other events attended by Planned Parenthood officials. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the defendants pleaded “no contest to, and were found guilty of, one felony count of California Penal Code Section 632(a…
California Settles with David Daleiden, Pro-Life Activist who Exposed Planned Parenthood
Eric Kayne/Getty Images David Daleiden arrives for court at the Harris County Courthouse after surrendering to authorities on Feb. 4, 2016, in Houston. | Credit: Eric Kayne/Getty Images Daleiden welcomed this week’s settlement as a “huge victory” and noted that he planned to continue his pro-life work.
David Daleiden Celebrates Legal Victory: “Now We Must get to Work” Saving Babies From Abortion
The State of California agreed Jan. 27 to drop all charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for their undercover videos of conversations with Planned Parenthood officials from nearly 10 years ago. The prosecution against the pro-life activists was first launched in 2016 by then-Attorney General Kamala Harris. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) announced Monday that Daleiden and Merritt had reached a plea agreement with the California…
Activists who accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony
Two anti-abortion activists who made sensational videos of Planned Parenthood officials nearly a decade ago pleaded no contest this week to a felony count of illegally recording someone without consent.This story first appeared at Cal Matters. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt secretly filmed Planned Parenthood executives in California and edited the clips in a way that purported to show them selling fetal remains. Monday’s plea deal and felony …
CA Drops Charges Against Pro-Life Activists' For Release Of Undercover Videos
By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square (Worthy News) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a plea agreement has been reached to result in no jail time for activists who recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood staff about the procurement and sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. In 2015, then-California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed 15 charges against David Robert Daleiden and, as a co-conspirator, Sandra Merritt, for il…
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