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El Salvador prosecutors appeal acquittal of rape victim

Associated Press

Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, a 21-year-old Salvadoran woman who was originally sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage in 2016, smiles as she answers questions from journalists two days after her acquittal on retrial, at the offices of Colectivo Feminista in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Hernandez, who spent nearly three years in jail, said Wednesday &quot;Now that I'm free, I feel like I've come back to life.&quot; (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Salvadoran woman restarting life after abortion case retrial

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

Evelyn Hernandez, 21, smiles in court after being acquitted on charges of aggravated homicide in her retrial related to the loss of a pregnancy in 2016, in Ciudad Delgado on the outskirts of San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Hernandez, who has said she did not realize she was pregnant as the result of a rape when she gave birth into a latrine at 32 weeks, was originally sentenced to 30 years under El Salvador's strict abortion laws. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Salvadoran suspected of having abortion acquitted at retrial

By MARCOS ALEMÁN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2019 file photo, Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez sits in court, after her 30-year sentence for murder was overturned in February, in Ciudad Delgado on the outskirts of San Salvador, El Salvador. Hernandez is, on Thursday, Aug. 15, being tried again for the same crime. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Salvadoran woman accused of abortion faces retrial

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017 file photo, women protest outside a courtroom, demanding that the government free women prisoners who are serving 30-year sentences for having an abortion, in San Salvador, El Salvador. A young woman who birthed a baby into a toilet in El Salvador faces a second trial for murder on Monday, July 14, 2019 in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country's highly restrictive abortion laws. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Salvadoran accused of abortion faces retrial, hefty sentence

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press