Washington D.C., Apr 11, 2005 / 22:00 pm
A pro-life leader was found not guilty in the District of Columbia of keeping a dead body for public display.
Jeff White, director of Survivors, a pro-life youth organization, and former director of Operation Rescue, was arrested for allegedly displaying the remains of a pre-born baby outside a Washington, DC, Planned Parenthood clinic during the pro-abortion March for Women's Lives in April 2004. The police confiscated the vial containing the baby's remains.
After a 10-day trial the judge found that the government had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt and noted several deficiencies in the government's prosecution of White.
While not directly on point, the government could not admit the humanity of the child in question.