Vegans Kill

Vegan parents sentenced to life in prison in son's death

'ATLANTA (AP) - Vegan parents in Georgia have been sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after their six-week-old son died of malnutrition.

The baby weighed only three and a-half pounds. He'd been fed mostly soy milk and apple juice. Vegans typically do not consume animal products.

Defense lawyers had argued the first-time parents didn't know the infant was in danger until minutes before he died in April of 2004.

Jurors deliberated about seven hours before convicting the couple last week. Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas were convicted of malice murder, felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children.'