No-contest plea by parents in faith-healing death of 2d child - Philly.com

I hope their asses rot in jail for a long time. Religious belief or faith or whatever you want to call it, in lieu of medical care is NOT acceptable in today’s society. Your religious beliefs do not outweigh the rights of the child to proper care.

Herbert and Catherine Schaible - the Philadelphia couple who have watched two children die because of their own belief in prayer over medicine - entered no-contest pleas Thursday to third-degree murder in the April death of their 8-month-old son.

The decision - seven months after Brandon Schaible developed bacterial pneumonia and died, untreated, at their Rhawnhurst home - was a reluctant admission that if they didn't consider themselves guilty of a crime, prosecutors did.

The Schaibles were serving 10 years' probation on their conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of another son, Kent, 2. Part of that probation included mandatory medical care for their seven surviving children, the oldest of whom is about 17.

Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner set sentencing for Feb. 19, and the Schaibles could face significant prison terms.

Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore, who prosecuted both cases against the couple, said the plea contained no agreement on sentencing.

No-contest plea by parents in faith-healing death of 2d child - Philly.com