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!
>They did not intend to kill the baby <
Neither do people who shake babies to death. They are trying to get the baby to stop crying.
However, in both situations you end up with a dead infant. Ignorance (especially of that magnitude) of the law is no excuse.