NBC10
September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015
An appeals court has upheld the 3½- to seven-year sentences imposed on a Philadelphia couple in the death of a second child who never saw a doctor despite being stricken with pneumonia.
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Prosecutors said they defied a court order to get medical care for their children after their 2-year-old son, Kent, died in 2009. Instead, authorities said, they tried to comfort and pray over 8-month-old Brandon in 2013 as he, too, died of treatable pneumonia.
Philadelphia prosecutors sought terms of eight to 16 years and challenged the sentence as too lenient, but a three-judge Superior Court panel ruled that the term was within the judge's discretion.
Published at 10:04 PM EDT on Sep 15, 2015
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Faith-Healing-Death-Philadelphia-Court-Child-Schaible-327803101.html
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