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Vegan couple found guilty of killing their baby through a soy-only diet

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Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas are vegans, and they wanted to raise the infant born in their home under the strict principles of veganism. Sanders and Thomas must have skipped class the day they taught breastfeeding at hippie school, because their infant subsisted mostly on a diet of soy milk and apple juice for the first six weeks of his short life. When the infant died, he weighed just 3.5 pounds, and his parents were arrested on charges of murder and cruelty to children. Their defense lawyers argued that Sanders and Thomas were first time parents who "did the best they could while adhering to the vegan lifestyle." Lawyers also argued that Sanders and Thomas did not realize their tiny son was unhealthy or in any physical danger until minutes before he died.

Prosecutors didn't buy the ignorant hippie-dippy defense. He told jurors during Tuesday's closing arguments: "They're not vegans. They're baby killers!" After seven hours of deliberation, the fates of these two vegan parents were decided: guilty, and both face automatic life sentences. So Sanders and Thomas can spend the rest of their lives complaining about how difficult it is to maintain a vegan lifestyle in state prison. Thomas, I'm sure, will at least get the chance to toss a lot of salads.

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