During the proceedings, Judge Jeffrey Minehart threw out three counts of murder and five counts of corpse abuse, as TheBlaze previously reported.
On Wednesday, however, the justice had a change of heart, reinstating
one of the murder charges that he had tossed just 24 hours before.
Citing an error in judgement, Minehart
recanted axing the murder charge for “Baby C,” the child who was
purportedly alive for 20 minutes before its spine was cut. Some of
Gosnell’s own staff members have reported seeing the baby breathe and
move before being killed, LifeNews.com reports.
The Atlantic adds the following:
“Baby C was moving and breathing for 20 minutes before an assistant
came in and cut the spinal cord, just the way she had seen Gosnell do it
so many times. And these were not even the worst cases.”
One of the more gruesome, graphic and
troubling stories to come from the case, some were dumbfounded when
Minehart dropped the charge surrounding it.
Now, it has been reinstated — and in a series of tweets from
inside the courtroom, J.D. Mullane, a columnist for the Bucks County
Courier Times, detailed the judge’s change-of-heart that led to the
decision:
#Gosnell Judge Jeffrey Minehart says he erred dismissing murder charge re "Baby C" seen breathing for 20 min. Reverses.
@jdmullane
jdmullane
However,
Judge Minehart dismissed murder charges re "Baby F" seen making a
single leg movement. Minehart blamed a "clerical error"
@jdmullane
jdmullane
However, Minehart dismisses murder charges re "Baby F" seen making a leg movement before #Gosnell employee snipped infant's neck.
@jdmullane
jdmullane
#Gosnell
Judge cites "clerical error" for his confusing "Baby A" w/"Baby F"; "A"
state's best evidence, seen struggling for life b4 snipped.
@jdmullane
jdmullane
Minehart also threw out the murder
charge for a Baby F — a child purportedly seen making a single leg
movement. The reversal and subsequent action were apparently rooted in
what he called a “clerical error.”
Early Wednesday afternoon, the defense
rested without calling any witnesses. Most notably, Gosnell did not
take the stand in his murder trial. Closing arguments will be made on
Monday and the jury is scheduled to be charged on Tuesday.
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/gosnell-judge-issues-surprising-reversal-reinstates-murder-charge-over-baby-allegedly-breathing-20-minutes-after-birth/
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