Infanticide Occurs when a mother only a mother kills her newborn child Three circumstances must be met for the crimes to be infanticide The accused has to be the natural mother of the victim The victim must be less than 12 months old and ID: 316973
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Infanticide
Occurs when a mother, only a mother, kills her newborn child
Three circumstances must be met for the crimes to be infanticide:
The accused has to be the natural mother of the victim
The victim must be less than 12 months old; and
At the time of the killing, the accused must have been suffering from a mental disturbance caused by not being able to recover from giving birth to the
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Infanticide
Max
punishment is 5 years imprisonment
Created in 1948 due to the reluctance of juries to sentence mothers for
murder
A mother can plead to the lesser charge of infanticide based on the
defence
that she was still suffering from an affliction such as post-partum depression