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Vegan parents guilty in infant murder
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 5/2/2007
| Beth Warren
Posted on 05/02/2007 1:32:55 PM PDT by Turbopilot
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.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: euphoria; starvation; vegans
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To: Turbopilot
The judge forgot to invoke mandatory sterilization as well.
These animals should not be allowed to breed!
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:02:49 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Wave Britainnia...Britannia waives the rules!")
To: Turbopilot
"...murder by starvation, a painful and prolonged death."
I thought murder by starvation was a pleasant death.(sarc!) Didn't we hear that somewhere in the recent past?
To: Little Ray
If the mother was unable to produce enough milk, they could easily have used a soy-based formula. This one is widely available, nutritionally complete and free of animal products.
This couple sounds like a couple of wacko vegans.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:03:24 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(I don't give a rat's a$$ where in the world Matt Lauer is.)
To: Sax
Take a lion, feed him nothing but veggies and see what happens. Reminds me of a scene from The Road to Wellville, where Anthony Hopkins, as the nutjob that created corn flakes, compared a normal wolf to his ideal "vegetarian" wolf. Not the best movie, but I won't give the scene away...although not much imagination is needed.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:05:41 PM PDT
by
Freedom_no_exceptions
(No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
To: nevergore
Agreed,
They did not intend to kill the baby and if they had only been stupid they would have taken the kid to the doctor when it had lost 20% of their weight (probably two weeks on the moron diet). If a doctor saw this kid he should lose his license!
45
posted on
05/02/2007 2:05:57 PM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: carolinablonde
There's something about this that doesn't quite make sense. Soy formula is not bad for a baby that small - many babies that can't tolerate lactose are put on soy formula and do just fine - in fact, they do better than they did on the cow's milk-based formula. The article says "soy milk" not "soy formula". Two different things.
To: rogue yam
The article says "soy milk" not "soy formula". Two different things. You're right. I missed that. Big difference.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:08:26 PM PDT
by
carolinablonde
(Proud member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy)
To: Turbopilot
Prayers for the baby ~Pandora~
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:08:49 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
To: carolinablonde
Soy formula is has supplements which add vitamins. Its more calorie dense than soy milk, and (unlike juice), its not a freaking dieretic!
49
posted on
05/02/2007 2:09:01 PM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: Freedom_no_exceptions
That flick had a couple of good laughs - nice dark humor.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:10:16 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
The only non-protein based food I have ever seen my cat go after was cantaloupe Iceberg lettuce and green olives. No kidding.
To: Sax
Guess God didn’t know what He was doing when He gave the first (vegan) diet then huh?
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:11:48 PM PDT
by
Shimmer128
(I see dumb people. They're everywhere. They don't even know they're dumb.)
To: nevergore
Theve elevated their own Vegan lifestyle to a religion and put it clearly ahead of their childs health. Vegans can be extremely selfish, thinking everyone should adhere to their dietary choice. I've seen vegans wanting to put their pet ferrets on a vegan diet -- and ferrets are pure carnivores!
To: antiRepublicrat
My dogs love carrot sticks and onions. Their treats are cereal-based.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:13:22 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(I don't give a rat's a$$ where in the world Matt Lauer is.)
To: Hydroshock
I have twin daughters, adn we go through milk and dairy product like we own stock in borden.When my sons were boys we would go through 4 to 5 gallons of milk each week. When I'm here by mysekf I still use close to 2 gallons per week. I love a glass of very cold milk.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:14:01 PM PDT
by
barker
( A smile is a curved line that sets things straight.)
To: CholeraJoe; Turbopilot
Geez! Don’t they know about breast feeding? Hanging’s too good for them. If the mother is a vegan, just how much breast milk do you think she could produce per day?
To: DuncanWaring
Prosecutors said it was a chilling case of murder by starvation, a painful and prolonged death.
If only they'd been in Florida, it would have been peaceful and beatific.
You read my mind.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:14:46 PM PDT
by
murphE
(These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
To: murphE
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:15:40 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: cake_crumb
“Because we’re omnivorous, a deficiency in amino acids found only in meat actually gives us brain damage. These two couldn’t have had half a dozen functional brain cells left between them.”
Ssshuhh.....don’t let them know that. They will start using that as a defense for any crime they want to commit. And besides, technology has kept far too many stupid people from “drowning” in the gene pool.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:15:45 PM PDT
by
RouxStir
(US out of the UN and UN out of the US!)
To: antiRepublicrat
Wow, olives? You can throw my Rhodesian Ridgeback a small burger - she’ll gulp it down and spit out the pickles.
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posted on
05/02/2007 2:15:47 PM PDT
by
Sax
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