Lawyer Files To Have Unborn Child Of Prison Inmate Released From Jail

An unborn baby is at the center of a legal dispute in Miami-Dade County, Florida. 

Natalia Harrell is pregnant and in prison, and a lawyer for her unborn baby filed a petition last week to get the child released from jail. 

He says the unborn child is a person under the Florida constitution, has not been charged with a crime, and is being deprived of liberty without due process.

There's no word on when the issue might be resolved.

The 24-year-old Harrell is charged with second-degree murder for shooting a woman to death last summer.


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