Woman with baby due in two weeks sentenced to prison for selling two OxyContins [View all]
This is just insane, especially given how Big Pharma pushes these painkillers.
http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2324476/woman-with-baby-due-in-2-weeks.html
JUNEAU, Alaska - A Haines woman who is two weeks from her baby's due date must report to prison Wednesday, a judge ruled over the woman's objections.
Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg ordered 24-year-old Adeline Strong to begin her sentence this week for dealing less than two pills of oxycodone in Juneau two years ago, the Juneau Empire reported ( http://bit.ly/zsX0R1).
The baby is due March 3.
"I wish we weren't here today two weeks before the birth of a little baby talking about Mom going to jail," Pallenberg said. "I wish this crime hadn't happened in 2010. It puts that baby in a place where his or her mom's got to go to jail."
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She has been sentenced to six years in prison with three suspended. She has completed treatment for opiate addiction earlier this year.