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Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine

Quoted: Shawn Peters, the author of three books on religion and the law, including â??When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Lawâ? (Oxford, 2007), said the outcome of the Neumann case was likely to set an important precedent.

â??The laws around the country are pretty unsettled,â? said Mr. Peters, who teaches religion at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and has been consulted by prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case.