{"id":1979443,"date":"2023-07-21T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-woman-accused-of-illegally-aborting-and-burning-her-29-week-baby-a-mere-slap-on-the-wrist\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:26:38","slug":"judge-gives-woman-accused-of-illegally-aborting-and-burning-her-29-week-baby-a-mere-slap-on-the-wrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-woman-accused-of-illegally-aborting-and-burning-her-29-week-baby-a-mere-slap-on-the-wrist\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman accused of illegally aborting and burning her 29-week baby receives lenient sentence from judge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-gives-woman-accused-of-illegally-aborting-and-burning-her-29-week-baby-a-mere-slap-on-the-wrist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Tragic Case: Woman\u2063 Accused of Illegally Aborting and\u2064 Burning Her 29-Week Baby Receives a Light Sentence<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking turn of events, a Nebraska woman who confessed to killing her unborn child during the 29th week\u2063 of pregnancy and\u2063 attempting to burn the baby&#8217;s body is now facing \u2064a mere 90 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, Celeste Burgess, was only 17 years old at the time when \u2063she used abortion pills\u2063 to terminate her viable pregnancy, tragically ending the\u2064 life of her child.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/20\/us\/celeste-burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2063New York Times<\/a>, the investigation began in April 2022 when \u200cpolice in\u200d Norfolk, Nebraska received reports\u200c that\u200d Burgess had delivered a stillborn\u2062 baby \u200band buried it with the help of her mother, Jessica Burgess.<\/p>\n<p>However, the truth came to light\u200d when private Facebook messages between the mother and daughter were uncovered, revealing their\u2063 sinister plan to kill the unborn baby and destroy the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Burgess, 42, purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doctor-keeps-prescribing-abortion-pills-texas-women-despite-new-law-dont-care-6-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion pills<\/a> online \u2064and\u200b provided them to her\u200b daughter, who was in her third trimester of pregnancy, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2063 investigation,\u2062 it was discovered that the Burgesses \u200dhad initially claimed the baby was stillborn\u200d in a\u200c bathtub and showed \u2063the detective the burial site. However, further evidence revealed that they had\u200c actually aborted the child, buried the remains, and then moved them to a different location.<\/p>\n<p>Even more disturbingly, an individual who assisted them\u2062 revealed that the women\u2064 had attempted to burn \u2062the baby&#8217;s body, resulting in \u200dthe exhumation of the remains, which showed signs of &#8220;thermal \u200dinjuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As \u2062the \u200bcase unfolded, the detective sought to\u2064 gather \u200cmore evidence to shed light on the exact circumstances\u2064 of the child&#8217;s death. Celeste was asked\u200b to provide the precise date\u200d the pregnancy ended, and in doing \u2063so, she\u200c consulted her\u200d Facebook messages.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the\u2063 information revealed in these \u200bmessages, the detective obtained a warrant to access all \u200dcorrespondence exchanged between the mother and \u2062daughter via Facebook Messenger.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Burgess now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-dead-several-injured-after-car-strikes-crowd-in-texas\/\" title=\"1 dead, several injured after car strikes crowd in Texas\">faces multiple charges<\/a>, including violating Nebraska&#8217;s \u200cabortion law, furnishing false information to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-woman-accused-of-illegally-aborting-and-burning-her-29-week-baby-a-mere-slap-on-the-wrist\/\" title=\"Woman accused of illegally aborting and burning her 29-week baby receives lenient sentence from judge.\">concealing human skeletal remains<\/a>. She has taken a plea deal and is awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Celeste Burgess pleaded guilty to one count of removing\/concealing\/abandoning a dead human body. Shockingly, she has been sentenced to just 90 days\u200d in county jail, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktiv.com\/2023\/07\/20\/19-year-old-charged-northeast-nebraska-abortion-case-gets-90-days-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTIV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING:\u200d 19-year-old charged in Northeast Nebraska abortion case\u2063 gets 90 days in jail<br \/>\nRead\u2063 more >> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMRYTaZbOo\">https:\/\/t.co\/iMRYTaZbOo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDMt586OvS\">pic.twitter.com\/SDMt586OvS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KTIV News Four \u200d(@ktivnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ktivnews\/status\/1682102564777500673?\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nebraska law considers Celeste&#8217;s offense a <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/laws\/statutes.php?statute=28-1301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Class IV felony<\/a>, which carries a maximum punishment \u200dof two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>This case has \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analyst-weighs-in-on-daniel-penny-chokehold-case\/\" title=\"Expert analyzes Daniel Penny's chokehold case.\">garnered significant attention<\/a>, especially in the wake of the Supreme\u2064 Court&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-pro-life-demonstrators-erupt-jubilation-roe-v-wade-struck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landmark ruling<\/a> in Dobbs \u2064v. Jackson Women&#8217;s\u2064 Health\u200b Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The callous disregard \u200cfor human \u200blife displayed in\u200d this case is deeply disturbing. This woman, with the help of her mother, not only\u2064 ended the life of her own unborn child but also desecrated the baby&#8217;s remains.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is important to remember that this baby was \u200cfully viable at 29 weeks and could have been given\u2064 up for adoption, leading a happy and healthy life. Instead, the child&#8217;s \u2063chance at life was brutally\u2064 taken away, and their body was\u200c subjected to further abuse through attempted burning and multiple burials.<\/p>\n<p>The light sentence given to Celeste\u200d Burgess is a disappointing outcome for such a serious crime. Justice should have been served in a manner that reflects the gravity of this\u2063 tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Is this sentence fair?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Completing this poll \u200bentitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at\u200c any time. You also agree\u2064 to our\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of\u2064 Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska had already banned \u2064abortion after 20\u200b weeks from conception before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/happy-birthday-dobbs-tens-thousands-babies-saved-last-year-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dobbs decision<\/a>. In May, Governor Jim Pillen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pro-trans-protester-punches-police-officer-capitol-mob-6-people-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> a 12-week ban into law.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic nature\u200c of this case serves as a reminder of the value of every human life. \u200bIt \u2063is a \u2063heartbreaking example of the consequences of disregarding \u200cthe sanctity of life and the need for justice to be served.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-gives-woman-accused-illegally-aborting-burning-29-week-baby-mere-slap-wrist\/\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nebraska woman, Celeste Burgess, confessed to ending her pregnancy at 29 weeks and trying to burn the baby&#8217;s body. Despite this, she is only being sentenced to 90 days in jail. Burgess, who was 17 years old then, opted for abortion pills to terminate the pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2115,"featured_media":1979444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}