WILL GETTING PREGNANT STOP A POSSIBLE JAIL sentence?

Question

I was charged with a felony (domestic assault..I pled guilty) and have an upcoming sentencing hearing next week for probation violation but am pregnant. Will that deter the judge from putting me in jail?? That is why I got pregnant.

Answer 1

Nope! If the judge says your going away, your going away and yours won't be the first baby born behind bars nor the last. Here is an article you should look at: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/25/...  

Answer 2

u still get sentence  

Answer 3

I don't think it will.

Answer 4

nope...only celebrities can get away with that. They will just place you in medical care..once the baby is born she/he will be sent to the father or the care that is considered safe until you are released.  

Answer 5

Maybe, the judge might go easier on you, but he doesn't have to. Many women have babies while in jail.  

Answer 6

Please tell me you are joking.

Or did you think your child would grow up proud of being born in prison?  Great story to tell in the group home where he/she will be raised.

Why do I get the feeling you are addicted to more than Answers?

Answer 7

HA NO!! They'll release you to the hospital and then give your child to foster care until you get out.  Now your stuck in the slammer with a baby in the oven

r****d

Answer 8

No, they don't care whether you are pregnant or not unless you have complications with the pregnancy, then they may assign house arrest.  I feel bad for your baby as it's selfish mother only conceived it to stay out of jail....nice.

Answer 9

Um no, you will go to jail anyway,  they really don't care about that.

Answer 10

No, it won't pregnant women get sent to jail too

Answer 11

Nope sure won't. And you'll give birth in a cold, dangerous prison. And then your baby will be taken away and given to its father or next of kin, or worse yet, foster care.  

Answer 12

Nope.  You just sentenced that baby to foster care for several years to come.

You should never, EVER get pregnant for the stupid reason you did.  You should be pregnant because you want a child, and can support one.  No other reason.

Answer 13

haha no your just gonna have some scumbag kid like yourself and its going to be taken away from you then end up in prison with you someday, its people like you that bring this country down you deserve to go to prison getting pregnant just to get out of doing time

Answer 14

NO- there are LOTS of women who go to jail pregnant.  The law doesnt care.

Answer 15

No..Now you are forcing your child to live in foster care. so kind and thoughtful.  

Answer 16

Nope you' ll be sent to a ward w/ many other pregnent women

Answer 17

No-but if you give birth while you are in jail better find someone whilling to care for your baby until you get out-or protective service will put the baby in a foster home!

Answer 18

WELL U REA-LY SHOULDN'T HAVE  A GOD d**n BABY IF YOU WERE SENTENCED 4 DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND IT PROBABLY WONT HELP!!!!!LMAO WOW UR ******* RETARDED

Answer 19

you should have asked this question BEFORE you got pregnant because it won't, you'll just have a very tough three years.

Answer 20

Nope.  It just complicates things.  

Answer 21

Nope. You'll be assigned to a medical block in your county jail.  

Answer 22

no, but when your baby is born they will take it away from you because you can't have a child in prison.  you should have thought of this before you got pregnant.  you probably wouldn't have gone to jail anyway.

Answer 23

Sounds like you think you can play with the system.  Trust me, you will lose.  Many babies are born in prison.  In some states you can have your baby with you for a short while to breast feed and bond.  In some states they take the baby away from you immediately.  Why in the world would you risk that by breaking your probation.  Your poor child, that is not a reason to bring another life into the world.