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Lawyer For Pregnant Woman Who Killed Friend In Uber Argues Unborn Fetus Is Being Illegally Detained In Florida Jail

<p>In July&comma; Florida police arrested <strong>Natalia Harrell <&sol;strong>for the fatal shooting of <strong>Gladys Borcela<&sol;strong>&period; Harrell <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;you-dont-want-me-to-go-in-my-purse-woman-allegedly-shot-killed-her-friend-in-uber-after-partying-with-men-in-miami&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">fired at Gladys<&sol;a> amid an argument inside an Uber after partying together in Miami&period; At the time of the July 23 shooting&comma; the 24-year-old was six weeks pregnant&comma; according to <em>The Washington Post&period; <&sol;em>Natalia&&num;8217&semi;s trial for second-degree murder is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;miamiherald&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;crime&sol;article272551249&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">reportedly scheduled<&sol;a> for April&comma; but an emergency petition filed last week seeks the immediate release of the unborn fetus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1627109757885509632" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Natalia&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; <strong>William M&period; Norris<&sol;strong>&comma; argued that the <em>&&num;8220&semi;unborn child&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> should be discharged from jail because it is innocent&period; Additionally&comma; the filing alleges jail staff is endangering the fetus by preventing proper prenatal care&period; Natalia is about eight months pregnant&period; If convicted&comma; she faces a maximum punishment of life in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;nation&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;22&sol;pregnant-woman-fetus-jail-roe&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Norris told<&sol;a> <em>The Washington Post&colon; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;An unborn child has rights independent of its mother&comma; even though it&&num;8217&semi;s still in the womb&period; The unborn child has been deprived of due process of law in this incarceration&period; You simply have to have the unborn child as a factor in the equation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;uber-plans-on-releasing-new-booking-features-for-party-buses-robot-deliveries-and-travel-accommodations&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Uber Plans On Releasing New Booking Features For Party Buses&comma; Robot Deliveries&comma; And Travel Accommodations<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Authorities have held Natalia without bond at the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center&period; The filing claims Harrell&&num;8217&semi;s last OB-GYN visit occurred in October 2022&comma; per <em>NBC 6 South Florida&period; <&sol;em>Additionally&comma; Natalia claims the jail hasn&&num;8217&semi;t given her vitamins&comma; liquids&comma; and nutritional food aligning with physician recommendations for fetus development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And while a few <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;couple-allegedly-kills-young-mexican-woman-8-months-pregnant-to-steal-her-child-and-pretend-it-was-theirs&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">months pregnant<&sol;a>&comma; Natalia claims jail staff transported her in a corrections van without air conditioning&comma; per <em>Washington Post<&sol;em>&period; The temperature inside the van&comma; allegedly over 100 degrees&comma; caused Natalia to reportedly bang on the vehicle&&num;8217&semi;s walls until a Miami-Dade employee opened a door&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Our interest is in the health of the unborn child at this point because months have passed with no prenatal care&comma;&&num;8221&semi; William Norris Norris said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>FL Attorney General Files Motion To Dismiss&comma; Pregnant Woman&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyer Files Response<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Harrell&&num;8217&semi;s attorney is relying on a &&num;8216&semi;writ of habeas corpus&comma;&&num;8217&semi; which is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;law&period;cornell&period;edu&sol;wex&sol;habeas&lowbar;corpus" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">used to determine<&sol;a> if a detainee&&num;8217&semi;s imprisonment or detention is lawful&comma; per Cornell Law School&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wasn&&num;8217&semi;t going for the argument and reacted to the emergency petition with a motion to dismiss on Monday&period; The AG&&num;8217&semi;s office argues Norris didn&&num;8217&semi;t adequately support his assertion of botched prenatal care and says the legal argument is wrong in this case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The next day Norris responded to the AG&&num;8217&semi;s motion&comma; per <em>Washington Post&period; <&sol;em>The latest filing doubles down on Norris&&num;8217&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;time&period;com&sol;6191886&sol;fetal-personhood-laws-roe-abortion&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">fetus personhood<&sol;a> argument&period; Additionally&comma; Norris argues there is no other legal relief for the fetus because authorities have not charged it with a crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;florida-senate-formally-passes-15-week-abortion-ban-bill-now-headed-to-governor-ron-desantis-to-likely-sign-into-law&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Florida Senate Formally Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban—Bill Now Headed To Governor Ron DeSantis To Likely Sign Into Law<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the fetus&&num;8217&semi; father&comma; <strong>Michael O&&num;8217&semi;Brien&comma;<&sol;strong> fully supports Natalia&&num;8217&semi;s release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Obviously&comma; I have concerns for the health and wellbeing of my baby&comma;&&num;8221&semi; O&&num;8217&semi;Brien told <em>NBC 6 South Florida&period; <&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t want the baby to be born prematurely or low birth weight&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CpCE-oju8gh&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; 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