Neumann Guilty of Second-Degree Reckless Homicide

from the article:
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Neumann’s stepfather, Brian Gordon, said his stepdaughter did nothing wrong in trusting in God to heal her daughter.

“We should have that right in this country,” he said.
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eep!

re: the “we should have that right” thing – Sure. You have the right to do whatever you want. And we have the right to imprison you for it.

Yes, a lot of things are going to change. People will someday (in the distant future, I presume) drop their ridiculous superstitions…

…in order to dash off to a different set of at least equally ridiculous superstitions. Let’s face it: Among any given number of people at any given place or time, there is a constant level of stupidity.
Unless we find a way to circumvent evolution, this will remain true for a long time, especially since stupidity is not necessarily making an individuum less fit. Thus, it may even remain a human quality for as long as humanity exists.

No sentencing date was set and Neumann remained free on bond.

I’m not a lawyer or anything but shouldnt people that have been convicted of reckless homicide be in jail awaiting sentencing and not out free? If Bernie Madoff had to sit in jail because of being a flight risk shouldnt this lady be in jail too? I know if I thought I’d be going to prison for a long amount of time for actions leading to the death of my daughter I’d think seriously about running. Why the special treatment?

“symptoms such as her inability to walk and talk” WTF! How about symptoms such as losing all of her body fat? Drinking constantly? Peeing constantly? Complaining to mommy that she doesn’t feel well? Generalised weakness?

That mother should be drawn and quartered. She’s a hideous excuse for a human being, selfish and completely deluded.

When I was 2 my mother realised something was wrong with me. I had no body fat (looked like one of those concentration camp victims), was drinking anything and everything I came across, wet my bed, as well as peed all day. It took 18 months for them to diagnose my diabetes and in the meantime I suffered unimaginable torment. I hope that mother dies a hideous, painful, protracted death and everyone sits back and watches her. She’s the embodiment of evil. Religion or no religion.

Reckless;

That poor woman. First she loses her daughter, and now she’s probably going to jail for it, all because she was brainwashed at an early age into believing this nonsense. *shakes head*

so when do we advocate/abolish responsibility?
there has to come a point when we recognise someone (generally when they choose authority over their own reproductive system and, once followed, possibly more importantly, what comes of it) as accepting liability for the life they have chosen to accept responsibility for.

Previous indoctrination is only an excuse for so long; and for me it doesn’t follow that you get to ruin someone else’s life because yours was lacking.