Hey Americans - Can a pregnant female get the death sentence?

[BigNBAfan]

Or someone who has just had a child? Just curious after watching raising hope

[KyrieTheFuture]

The process of actually giving someone the death penalty takes so long there's a zero percent chance the woman would be killed prior to giving birth. Although to be honest I don't know if any women have been given the death penalty here

Edit: 16 since 1976

[Patrick Chewing]

That only happens in Islamic countries.

[BigNBAfan]

That only happens in Islamic countries.

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[~primetime~]

Yes of course

Anyone can be sentenced to death

Actually putting her to death while pregnant is a different story though.

[BigNBAfan]

Yes of course

Anyone can be sentenced to death

Actually putting her to death while pregnant is a different story though.

[MMKM]

Yes of course

Anyone can be sentenced to death

Actually putting her to death while pregnant is a different story though.

This is interesting because on one hand abortion is not considered murder in a legal sense. So if in the eyes of the law you aren't killing a person by aborting a fetus, it stands to reason that the law should support executing a pregnant woman. It isn't a living person inside her with any rights of its own, based on the legality of abortion.....