A 21-year-old woman in Oklahoma has been found guilty of first-degree manslaughter after losing her baby during a miscarriage last year.
On October 5, Brittney Poolaw was sentenced to four years in prison after miscarrying at 17 weeks gestation (according to an autopsy on the unborn fetus) in 2020, as local ABC affiliate KSWO reported.
Prosecutors on the case have come after Brittney for her drug use during pregnancy, which they claim caused the death. A statement in court alleged that Poolaw, who was 19 at the time, was taken to Comanche County Memorial Hospital after supposedly giving birth at home (with the umbilical cord still attached upon arrival).
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