In a case closely watched around the globe, in el salvador, a country with one of the worlds strictest anti abortion laws a young woman has been cleared of murder. Evelyn hernandez has already served nearly three years in prison prosecutors wanted her jailed for a0 years. She was acquitted at a retrial. Her baby was found dead in a toilet, she has always maintained she was raped and had no idea she was pregnant. Activists hope the result will set a precedent for other women in jail. John ironmonger reports. The young victim of rape from a poor, ruralfamily. Evelyn hernandez has become a figure of hope for women in the macho, deeply catholic country of el salvador where abortion is illegal under any circumstances. Jailed in 2017, accused of killing her stillborn child, she was cleared on monday to the delight of her supporters. Translation thank you for being here, and thank god justice was done. I also thank all the International Countries and i thank my mother for accompanying me thro
Crazy video here. A surveillance video, look at that, captured the terrifying moment a little boy stepped on a broken manhole cover and fell in. The boys father tried climbing down the shaft, but he didnt fit. So he blindly reached around until he finally managed to pull the boy up. The child was dirty and a bit bruised. Hes okay. Otherwise okay. He is okay. Oh my gosh, that video. He is curious, you see how he walks up to it . Then thats the lesson right there. All right, and turning back now to the deadly shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, and new concerns about preventing future attacks. Heres abcs tom llamas. Reporter Mass Shootings in el paso, dayton, and a garlic festival in gilroy, california. Lone gunmen with highpowered weapons unleashing their killing sprees. Though investigations into these shootings are just Getting Started there are questions about whether any of them could have been prevented. Were there warning signs missed . Its possible to prevent Mass Shoo
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