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Los Angeles Times
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Sonja Sharp

After deadly LA car crash, California's controversial fetal homicide law is back in the spotlight

California Adora Perez Michele Goodwin Rob Bonta Murder Asherey Ryan Buffy Wicks Farah DiazTello Nicole Lorraine Linton Pregnancy

LOS ANGELES — Guttered votives, wilted sunflowers and a menagerie of pristine plush creatures marked the blackened corner where Armani Lester’s life ended before he took his first breath.

Six bodies were found by the coroner at the Aug. 4 crash site in the Windsor Hills neighborhood of L.A. County. Six murder charges were filed against the driver of the Mercedes-Benz that barreled through the intersection of La Brea and Slauson avenues. The fiery collision was so violent, L.A. County Coroner spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said, that it tore Armani from his mother’s womb.

Yet California law remains split over how to count the crash victims and what defines justice for pregnant women whose babies die before birth.

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