Vegan parents convicted on child neglect charges

by Jay Allen (Subscribe to Jay Allen's posts) Nov 9th 2005 8:44AM

I wrote recently about Joseph and Lamoy Andressohn, who were brought up on charges of aggravated manslaughter and child neglect after their six-month-old girl Woyah was found dead in their home. The Andressohn's trial is complete, and the couple have been convicted on four counts of child neglect, but found not guilty of manslaughter. According to CNN, jurors seemed to believe the defense argument that it was a genetic disorder that killed Woyah, and not the radical diet the Andressohns were feeding their malnourished children. Florida Assistant State Attorney Herbert Walker admitted he was "confused" by the verdict, as he believed the case for manslaughter was stronger than the case for neglect.

The Andressohns say they are looking forward to reuniting with their kids. That may not happen, given that they face anything from probation to 20 years in prison at their sentencing. Personally, I'm leaning closer to the "20 years" end of the spectrum.

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Gawdessness 12-18-2005 @ 6:38PM

Okay, so here it is.
How about the title for this post being "neglectful parents" or even "neglectful vegan parents", instead of just "vegan parents"?
The verdict doesn't make a lot of sense to me either.

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