08-22-2018, 11:32 AM
(08-22-2018, 09:44 AM)ScientistsCanvas Wrote: It's my understanding from following this case pretty closely, since she was reported missing (we have a mutual friend who posted when she was missing), that is just awkward wording. In a press conference the DA responded to a reporter that it was worded that way based on the wording of that particular law, but that it didn't necessarily reflect the manner of death.
Thank you for that information ScientistsCanvas. I didn't see the press conference.
I remember from the Dynel Lane case a few years back that Colorado is one of the states which doesn't have the option of charging a perpetrator with two murders if he/she kills a pregnant woman, in large part due to the state's unrestrictive abortion laws. (Ref: http://mockforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11778)
While, I actually agree with that ( I know many others here disagree and why, I'm not looking for a debate), I understand how it takes away from prosecutors' ability to write up charges and present a case that best reflects the perpetrator's depravity when a crime of this horrific nature is committed.
While the state can't charge Watts with murder of a fetus, I was glad to see they've charged him with unlawful termination of a pregnancy. I don't believe one bit of his story. He was so enraged that his pregnant wife killed their children, according to him, that he killed her even though in so doing he terminated his future child? That contradicts the fiercely protective father-of-the-year narrative he's peddling, in my opinon.