Bei Bei Shuai finally out on bail after 435 days in jail. #FreeBeiBei

From NPR:

In December 2010, Shuai, then 33 weeks pregnant, was devastated when her boyfriend abandoned her. She left a suicide note saying she intended to take her own and her baby’s life, then ate rat poison.

Friends intervened and took Shuai to the hospital, where, her attorneys said, “she consented to every test and every procedure that she was told would ensure the safety of her baby.”

The baby she named Angel was delivered by C-section on Dec. 31. At first everything seemed to go well, but Angel soon weakened and was taken off life support a few days later “with Ms. Shuai’s consent and died in Ms. Shuai’s arms,” Kettering said.

After the baby died, Shuai suffered another breakdown and remained in the hospital for a month. She recovered and returned to work, but was arrested in March 2011 and charged with murder and attempted feticide. She has been in jail ever since.

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