Attorney sentenced to 180 days in jail, admits to drugging wife's drinks to induce abortion

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Attorney sentenced to 180 days in jail, admits to drugging wife's drinks to induce abortion

A Texas attorney who drugged his wife’s drinks in an attempt to induce an abortion was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation.

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Attorney sentenced to 180 days in jail, admits to drugging wife's drinks to induce abortion​

Woman says 180 days is not enough "for attempting to kill your child seven separate times"​

By The Associated Press • Published February 8, 2024 • Updated on February 8, 2024 at 2:07 pm​

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A Texas man who drugged his wife's drinks in an attempt to induce an abortion was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years on probation.

Mason Herring, a 39-year-old Houston attorney, pleaded guilty Wednesday to injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person. He had initially been charged with felony assault to induce abortion.

Catherine Herring, who has filed for divorce, told the court the jail sentence was not long enough. She said their 1-year-old daughter, their third child, was born about 10 weeks premature, has developmental delays and attends therapy eight times a week.

“I do not believe that 180 days is justice for attempting to kill your child seven separate times,” Catherine Herring said.

Catherine Herring told authorities her husband in March 2022 began lecturing her on hydration and offering water. She said she became severely ill after drinking from the first cup that appeared cloudy, which her husband explained was perhaps the result of the cup or water pipes being dirty.

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Mason Herring​

Catherine Herring became suspicious and began refusing multiple other drinks her husband offered. She later found in the trash packaging for a drug that contained misoprostol, a medicine used to induce abortion.

She also gave police videos from hidden cameras she installed at her home where her husband was no longer living. One of them showed him mixing a substance in one of her drinks, Catherine Herring said.

Mason Herring's attorney, Dan Cogdell, called the plea deal and sentence reasonable.

“It’s a sad situation and Mason has accepted his responsibility,” Cogdell said.

 

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[BaggerofTea]

thats a light sentence

 

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She said their 1-year-old daughter, their third child, was born about 10 weeks premature, has developmental delays and attends therapy eight times a week.

if someone had kicked or physically assaulted the mother during her pregnancy causing her to give birth prematurely and the child had developmental delays as a result, the attacker would have rightfully been sentenced to more than 180 days in jail.

 

[Thick_Necc_Jenkins]

if someone had kicked or physically assaulted the mother during her pregnancy causing her to give birth prematurely and the child had developmental delays as a result, the attacker would have rightfully been sentenced to more than 180 days in jail.

He must've been a helluva attorney to get 6 months in prison...but I'm sure that child support gonna have him commit that ir attempt her murder cause he prolly gonna be disbarred too....and he should be in prison for poisoning...drugging someone's food and drink is technically attempted murder....esp if those drugs were not prescribed and administered at prescribed amounts.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Seven separate times and she still refuses to get the message.....lmfao......funny not funny, if she have that baby there's a murder suicide in her future........that's a guarantee

She did have the child.......it's a wrap......

 

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[Space Cowboy]

https://archive.is/Xo5hY

Bro edit this. There's a massive gap after the reddit link.

 

[CopiousX]

That‘s it? There are shoplifters that get those types of sentences

thats a light sentence

right. he basically poisoned an adult and caused internal organ failure if we view the uterus as an organ




him and the judge must be fellow good ol boys to get that kinda sentence. id be curious what professional societies and fraternities they are a part of

 

[Space Cowboy]

This man is a POS pig.

 

[PatCake]

Sounds about white.

 

[UpAndComing]

if someone had kicked or physically assaulted the mother during her pregnancy causing her to give birth prematurely and the child had developmental delays as a result, the attacker would have rightfully been sentenced to more than 180 days in jail.

He must've been a helluva attorney to get 6 months in prison...but I'm sure that child support gonna have him commit that ir attempt her murder cause he prolly gonna be disbarred too....and he should be in prison for poisoning...drugging someone's food and drink is technically attempted murder....esp if those drugs were not prescribed and administered at prescribed amounts.

Yeah I'm confused. Do you think the victim being his wife makes it a lesser sentence because it's seen as a "domestic" issue?

 

[Wildin]

If she would've drank the drinks on her own accord then she would've gotten 7 felonies and 10 years

 

[Thick_Necc_Jenkins]

Yeah I'm confused. Do you think the victim being his wife makes it a lesser sentence because it's seen as a "domestic" issue?

Then it should be worse punishment.

If those drugs were prescribed to her, then it's different, caus ehe would be considered her caretaker in some shape of form but that's another area of discussion.

This was domestic enough because femicide happens via domestic issues. He could've killed her along with the fetus. He doesn't know if his wife was allergic to the drugs. This is setting a bad example for a state with high domestic violence.

I will need a legal expert to weigh in, cause ain't no way.

 

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Bro edit this. There's a massive gap after the reddit link.

you misunderstand how the site works .. that reply is a direct response to the parent comment. the comment threads on reddit have a tree structure

heres a context link

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1aoa9tw/texas_attorney_sentenced_to_180_days_in_jail_for/kpyb1ze/?context=1