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Vegan parents guilty in infant murder
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Vegan parents guilty in infant murder
6-week-old died of starvation after being fed diet of soy milk, apple juice
By BETH WARREN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/02/07
The parents of a baby that died of starvation after being fed a vegan diet have been found guilty of malice murder, felony murder and first degree cruelty to children.
Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, will get an automatic life sentence for the death of their 6-week-old infant, Crown. After being fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice, he weighed only 3 1/2 pounds when he died.
The Fulton County jury deliberated the case for about seven hours.
Prosecutors said it was a chilling case of murder by starvation, a painful and prolonged death. Attorneys representing Sanders and Thomas told jurors the first-time parents did the best they could while adhering to their vegan lifestyle. Vegans typically live free of animal products.
"They're not vegans, they're baby killers," Fulton prosecutor Mike Carlson told the jury Tuesday during his closing arguments.
The couple's attorneys said they didn't realize their baby, born at home, was in danger until minutes before he died. |
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| idoru |
| Chalk one up for the meat eaters. |
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| Clovis |
I dont see what that has to do with vegans.
Obviously they just didnt know jack about nutrition in general. |
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| Ian |
| and over here, a smackhead woman who regularly fed her kid methadone to shut it up gets a 2 year sentence & will probably be out in 1 year. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
I dont see what that has to do with vegans.
Obviously they just didnt know jack about nutrition in general. |
Umm... They fed the kid on a hardcore vegan diet. It's that diet that killed him. |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Umm... They fed the kid on a hardcore vegan diet. It's that diet that killed him. |
Ya but six week year old babies dont eat steak... :rolleyes: |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by chach
Ya but six week year old babies dont eat steak... :rolleyes: |
But they do eat more than just soy milk and apple juice. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
But they do eat more than just soy milk and apple juice. |
like boobies. |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
Umm... They fed the kid on a hardcore vegan diet. It's that diet that killed him. |
Apple juice and soy milk are not the only two vegan things a baby can eat. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
Apple juice and soy milk are not the only two vegan things a baby can eat. |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
But they do eat more than just soy milk and apple juice. |
:p |
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