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Posted: 4:37 PM Dec 1, 2008
Judge Allows Charges in Prayer Death Case
A judge has allowed reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor's care as their 11-year-old daughter died.
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A judge has allowed reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor's care as their 11-year-old daughter died.
Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard made his ruling Monday. The decision is expected to be appealed.
Dale and Leilani Neumann have pleaded not guilty to second-degree reckless homicide. Their attorneys wanted the charges dismissed on constitutional grounds.
Prosecutors say their daughter, Madeline, died of untreated diabetes at their Weston home on Easter. They claim the girl likely had symptoms for weeks that should have prompted the parents to seek medical treatment.
At the heart of the dispute is two Wisconsin laws. One says it is not child abuse to treat illness through prayer alone. The second is a homicide law that makes no exception for prayer.
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