"The verdict carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison - TopicsExpress

"The verdict carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole.Robidoux, a leader of a small fundamentalist sect known as the Body, had told jurors this week that he believed a miracle might save the boy, who was deprived of solid food for 51 days. Samuel Robidoux died April 26, 1999, three days before his first birthday. The group puts such faith in God that when members ran out of gas on an outing to Maine, they all put their hands on the hoods of their cars, praying for their tanks to be refilled. They stayed in their cars for three days before police found them and escorted them to a gas station".