The power of prayer doesn't impress a judge in Wisconsin
An American couple in Wisconsin who prayed rather than seeking medical care for their 11-year-old dying daughter were sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years' probation for second-degree homicide. The Judge ordered them to serve one month in jail each year for the next six years.
Dale and Leilani Neumann could have received 25 years sentences. The couple's daughter, Madeline Neumann, died of an undiagnosed but treatable form of diabetes.
Marathon county circuit court Judge Vincent Howard told the Neumanns they were "very good people, raising their family, who made a bad decision, a reckless decision. God probably works through other people," he told the Neumanns, "some of them doctors."
Prosecutors contended the Neumanns recklessly killed their youngest of four children by ignoring clear symptoms of severe illness. Their daughter was unable to speak, eat, drink or walk before she died.
They said the couple had a legal duty to take their daughter to a doctor but instead relied totally on prayer for healing. The girl, known as Kara, died on the floor of the family's rural Weston home as people surrounded her and prayed until she stopped breathing.
"We are here today because to some, you made Kara a martyr to your faith," Howard told the parents.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/07/couple-sentenced-daughter-prayer-death
Dale and Leilani Neumann could have received 25 years sentences. The couple's daughter, Madeline Neumann, died of an undiagnosed but treatable form of diabetes.
Marathon county circuit court Judge Vincent Howard told the Neumanns they were "very good people, raising their family, who made a bad decision, a reckless decision. God probably works through other people," he told the Neumanns, "some of them doctors."
Prosecutors contended the Neumanns recklessly killed their youngest of four children by ignoring clear symptoms of severe illness. Their daughter was unable to speak, eat, drink or walk before she died.
They said the couple had a legal duty to take their daughter to a doctor but instead relied totally on prayer for healing. The girl, known as Kara, died on the floor of the family's rural Weston home as people surrounded her and prayed until she stopped breathing.
"We are here today because to some, you made Kara a martyr to your faith," Howard told the parents.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/07/couple-sentenced-daughter-prayer-death
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