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Neumanns’ faith-healing sentencing a no-win situation for judge, say legal experts

Quoted: No judge in Wisconsin has ever dealt with the unique circumstances of the Neumann case, and Howardâ??s sentence will be the benchmark for any future, similar cases, said Shawn Peters, a University of Wisconsin-Madison religion professor and author of “When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law.”