Judge Allows Homicide Charges Against Parents who Prayed for Daughter
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A judge Monday refused to dismiss reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor’s care as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes. –
AP reports Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard rejected arguments that
prosecuting Dale and Leilani Neumann violated their constitutional
rights to freedom of religion and due process.
“The free exercise clause of the First Amendment protects
religious belief, but not necessarily conduct,” Howard wrote in a
20-page decision.
Parents have a legal obligation in Wisconsin to protect their
children, care for them in sickness and do whatever may be necessary
for their “care, maintenance and preservation, including medical
attendance if necessary,” the judge said.