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Updated: 12:50 PM Sep 10, 2008
Mother Ordered To Appear In Court
A judge forced a woman, charged with leaving her baby in a laundry basket on a stranger's doorstep, to show her face in court. Posted: 12:00 PM Sep 10, 2008 |
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For the first time, a woman accused of abandoning her baby on a doorstep appears in court.
Lexington police charged Ashley Stephens back in July, after a woman found a day-old-baby in a laundry basket outside her home.
She is charged with abandonment of a minor.
On Wednesday morning, Stephens attempted to have the case waived to the grand jury without her client having to show up in person, but the judge would not allow it.
He ruled that despite the high-profile nature of the case, Stephens had to show her face.
After Stephens made her appearance, the judge waved the case to the grand jury. It will be up to jurors to decide if the case warrants criminal charges.
Stephens did not comment after her court appearance. She was escorted out of a side door very quickly following the proceedings.
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char62, totally agree with you, people need to quit making excuses for her.
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All of you who think she shouldn't be charged are a disgrace to society. She is old enough to know that leaving a baby on a door step is wrong. If she didn't think it was wrong then she needs counseling and punishment. Yes, at lease she didn't hurt it, but come on people, she should be punished for abandoning this poor baby! There is no excuse for this and hopefully it does scare young women and make them realize there are consequences for their stupid actions!
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Doing the child a favor? Leaving him in a basket, on a porch for God knows how long? It is ludicrous to gloss this entire situation over and make excuses for this low life woman who thought nothing of abandoning her newborn baby in a basket of all things. If she did not want her child, she could have contacted an adoption agency, church or a family resource center to find out what she needed to do in order to make sure her child was taken care of. There is NO excuse for abandoning any child and especially in this manner.
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