Attorney gets jail time for drugging his wife in order to spark a miscarriage
HOUSTON, TX – A Texas-based attorney, convicted of drugging his wife’s beverages in a bid to cause a miscarriage, has been handed a six-month jail term and a decade-long probation. The 39-year-old Houston lawyer, Mason Herring, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday for charges of child injury and assaulting an expectant woman. Initially, the charges against him were felony assault aimed at inducing an abortion. His wife, Catherine Herring, who has initiated divorce proceedings, expressed …