She went to prison for her miscarriage. Now she's won $1.6 million from a rural Nevada county. - The Nevada Independent
The settlement also returns her infant’s ashes after years of litigation over a 1911 Nevada law that civil rights lawyers call uniquely punitive.
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Nevada mom imprisoned for miscarriage blamed on her drug use gets $1.6M payout
A once-homeless Nevada mom who spent two years in prison when her miscarriage was blamed on her heavy drug use has been awarded a life-changing $1.6 million settlement. Patience Rousseau, 34, was the only person ever convicted under an obscure 1911 state law that prohibits women from ending a pregnancy after the 24th week through...
A woman from Nevada, in the United States, who was convicted and spent two years in prison after suffering a miscarriage received a compensation of $1.6 million, about R$ 80 million, from Humboldt County, according to The Independent. Patience Rousseau was charged with manslaughter on the basis of a 1911 state law and was convicted in 2021, after her defense showed that the authorities had failed to prove that she had caused the pregnancy to cea…
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The Independent (US)Nevada mom convicted of manslaughter for miscarriage awarded $1.6m in settlement
Patience Rousseau was convicted under an arcane 1911 statute ‘that was on the books before women were even allowed to vote in Nevada,’ her attorney said
Patience Rousseau, 34 years old, imprisoned for a miscarriage attributed to her drug use, receives compensation of $1.6 million in prison.
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