>>...."bind faith" in action....
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>>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/03/19275007-homicide-convictions-upheld-for-wisconsin-parents-who-treated-dying-daughter-with-prayer?lite
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>>I know there are some religions that are anti-doctor (Christian Science comes to mind...) - you'd think in the year 2013 people would figure out that it's not too brilliant of an idea sometimes. I'm sure there are those that will just say the prayer didn't work because they didn't have enough faith - or that this child dying at the hands of her neglectful parents was all part of "god plan" that we "cant understand". I will take the point of view that the parents are couple of idiots who fell victim to some brainwashing bible-tumpers...and since being stupid is not illegal I guess their actions is what did them in (and killed their kid).
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>Without getting into the religious angle (I'm with you though) - I'd never seen that type of sentence before : " a month in jail every year for six years",
>Is it common in the States. In many ways, at least for some crimes, it seems a sensible approach...

No, not common. I've heard occasionally of someone who has to do a series of weekends in jail for some minor offense (often driving-related), but I've never heard of anything like this before.

Tamar