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Prosecuting Pregnant Women: Should Washington Take The Next Step?, Amanda E. Vedrich
Prosecuting Pregnant Women: Should Washington Take The Next Step?, Amanda E. Vedrich
Seattle University Law Review
The first section of this Comment will analyze the case against Deborah Zimmerman and the court's reasons for refusing to dismiss the charges against her. The second section will examine current Washington law and why similar charges could not be brought in this state. The third section will look at the policy rationales for changing Washington law to allow charges to be filed against women for attempting to intentionally endanger the life of a viable fetus. This Comment argues that Washington law should be so amended in order to achieve these policy goals.
Protecting Child Sex-Crime Victims: How Public Opinion And Political Expediency Threaten Civil Liberties, Michelle Johnson
Protecting Child Sex-Crime Victims: How Public Opinion And Political Expediency Threaten Civil Liberties, Michelle Johnson
Seattle University Law Review
This Article looks at the enactment and subsequent nullification of a 1992 Washington law that state legislators intended to protect the privacy of child sex-crime victims. The Article uses this statute to illustrate that through the enactment of such statutes, politicians may sacrifice constitutional rights, such as freedom of the press and access to government proceedings, in order to achieve short-term political gains. Therefore, because it is somewhat less affected by elections and the political process, the judiciary is often the only branch of government responsible for protecting civil liberties. In the case of Washington's law on access to child …