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Faith healing: Parents face homicide charges in girl’s death

April 29th, 2008 by Klintron

A town of Weston couple whose 11-year-old child died after they chose to pray for her healing rather than seek medical attention will be charged Wednesday with second-degree reckless homicide, a prosecutor said today.

Marathon County District Attorney Jill Falstad announced at 1 p.m. at a press conference in Weston that Dale and Leilani Neumann each will be charged with second-degree reckless homicide, a charge that carries a punishment of up to 25 years in prison.

Full Story: Religion News Blog

(Thanks Trevor)

Previous coverage here and here.

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