{"id":53238,"date":"2015-10-14T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=53238"},"modified":"2015-10-14T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T17:59:22","slug":"couple-who-prayed-and-rubbed-oil-on-their-dying-baby-instead-of-calling-911-will-go-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/couple-who-prayed-and-rubbed-oil-on-their-dying-baby-instead-of-calling-911-will-go-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Who Prayed And Rubbed Oil On Their Dying Baby Instead Of Calling 911 Will Go To Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Oregon couple who prayed and rubbed olive on their dying son following a home birth rather than call 911 and seek help will continue to serve six years in prison each after a judge upheld their manslaughter conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Dale and Shannon Hickman, both 30, were both convicted in 2011 of second-degree manslaughter for the death of their son, David, who died nine hours after his home birth in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen37\">The Hickman&#8217;s &#8211; members of a controversial faith-healing church in Oregon &#8211; had appealed their conviction, on the grounds that the prosecution\u00a0had the burden to prove the couple knew their religious beliefs would cause the death of their child, <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/crime\/manslaughter-conviction-faith-healing-ore-couple-upheld-article-1.2395391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The New York Daily News<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1EE00000578-0-image-a-20_1444841262991.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53240\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1EE00000578-0-image-a-20_1444841262991.jpg\" alt=\"2D69C1EE00000578-0-image-a-20_1444841262991\" width=\"634\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1EE00000578-0-image-a-20_1444841262991.jpg 634w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1EE00000578-0-image-a-20_1444841262991-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the plea was rejected by the Oregon Supreme Court last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span id=\"ext-gen38\">Last week a judge rejected an appeal made by the couple and reiterated that they could have done more to try and save their son. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Followers of Christ Church has a history of rejecting medical care for children and relying on as prayer and anointing the sick with oils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1D000000578-0-image-a-21_1444841276576.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53242\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1D000000578-0-image-a-21_1444841276576.jpg\" alt=\"2D69C1D000000578-0-image-a-21_1444841276576\" width=\"634\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1D000000578-0-image-a-21_1444841276576.jpg 634w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2D69C1D000000578-0-image-a-21_1444841276576-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Hickmans&#8217; conviction on second-degree manslaughter charges typically requires a mandatory minimum sentence of six years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/crime\/manslaughter-conviction-faith-healing-ore-couple-upheld-article-1.2395391\" target=\"_blank\">Manslaughter conviction of faith-healing Oregon couple who didn&#8217;t take dying premature newborn to hospital is upheld<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oregon couple who prayed and rubbed olive on their dying son following a home birth rather than call 911 and seek help will continue to serve six years in prison each after a judge upheld their manslaughter conviction. 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