Natalia Harrell, an inmate at the center, is carrying the person behind the case: an unborn child. And it could even set a precedent amid a legal system navigating complex arguments in a post-Roe world.
On Thursday, attorney William M. Norris filed an emergency writ of habeas corpus, which allows the court to determine whether someone’s imprisonment is lawful. He argued that the fetus’s incarceration is a violation of his rights guaranteed by the U.S. and Florida constitutions.
The 24-page document claims that the “draconian confinement” is harming Harrell’s unborn child. It says the fetus isn’t receiving adequate prenatal care, including vitamins and visits to specialists, and also has been the victim of negligence — at one point being trapped in a corrections transport van without air conditioning while temperatures exceeded 100 degrees.
Harrell, 24, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder — a felony punishable by life in prison — while 6-weeks pregnant on July 26, 2022. She was involved in a fatal quarrel that was caught on tape while inside an Uber near Southeast First Avenue and First Street in Brickell.
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