CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — On Friday afternoon in Linn County court, a man took a plea deal of lesser charges after admitting he beat a pregnant woman to death with the back of a gun on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids.
Donnie White, 51, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy. He was facing a first-degree murder charge. White originally pleaded not guilty and had a trial date in December.
White was also sentenced on Friday to up to 50 years in prison with possibility of parole after 35 years. His two charges will be served concurrently, or at the same time…