27-year-old Jade Sanders and 31-year-old Lamont Thomas were found guilty on the 2nd of May, 2007 of the murder of their infant son.
Their 6-week-old baby, named “Crown Shakur,” died after being fed a vegan diet consisting mostly of apple juice and soy milk. Jade Sanders gave birth to Crown at home, using a water-filled bathtub. Jade Sanders and Lamont Thomas claim that the baby was not taken to the hospital because they believed hospitals were full of germs. During their child’s short life, he didn’t see a doctor until he was dead.
Their claims of feeding the baby an alternative diet might have been slightly more believable had there been more than one bottle in the house.
Crown Shakur weighed only three and a half pounds when he died. He was probably in pain throughout his entire life, as starvation is a long, hard way to die.
According to prosecutors:
The first time he ever saw a doctor was when he was brought dead on arrival to Piedmont Hospital in a state that was clearly beyond malnourishment, but starvation.
Jurors found both parents guilty of malice murder, felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children.
It took about seven hours for the jury to bring back the guilty verdicts..
According to Lamont Thomas, who was very upset that they’d been found guilty:
We didn’t starve my son to death. We didn’t starve my son for weeks and weeks and weeks. You know we’ve been vegetarians. We’re against animal cruelty. So why would I be cruel to my son? We’re against animals being burdened. Why would be cruel and burden him and try to drive around and do something with his body? We’re going to jail for no reason.
Prosecutor Chuck Boring responded:
No matter how many times they want to say, ‘We’re vegans, we’re vegetarians,’ that’s not the issue in this case. The child died because he was not fed. Period.
The couple received an automatic life sentence, during which they will be fed.
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Jade and lamonti are old roommates of mine. I gaurantee that you will not see either of them in hell! Jade is a miss goody two shoes who does nothing wrong and everything right. I lived with this couple for 3 plus years!!! They are innocent. This girl did no wrong. Actually, I was the risk taking roommate. Everything is not always what it seems. Let me give you a few examples… I have a 12 yr old niece, her mom is the type that gets mad and tells my family that we cant see my niece. Two months went by without seeing my niece. When my family and I finally seen her; Her eyeballs had gotten so big with jet black circles around her eyes. My mother nearly passed out from the sight of my niece’s face. And guess what; no one in her household even noticed, not even her mom. My niece lives with her mom, grandma,grandpa, 3uncles, and 1 aunt. These are all kind people. NO ONE EVEN NOTICED THE SICKLY WAY SHE LOOKED!!!!!! We immediately took her to the hospital and she was diagnosed with HYPER THYROID and has been on medication every since. PEOPLE, some things can be right in your face and you dont notice till its to late!!!!
I was pregnant with my second child when my first one was just 1 yr old. her father was doing 45 days in the pin. I was out of work on disibility because my stomach was so huge and heavy. So my 1 yr old and I didnt leave the house much. Everyday,I made sure my 1yr old was fed and happy. Well guess what, when her father finally returned home, he said oh my gosh!!! She’s so big. (My 1 yr old) Shes to big!!! When it was time for her to see the doctor. The doc agreed with my boyfriend. My 1 yr old was overweight. So guess who didnt notice? ME, her mother. I thought I was being a good mother. I wasnt feeding her any junk food.
Dont cast judgment upon others until you know the full story. Most of all, SWEEP AROUND YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR FIRST. OH, READ YOUR BIBLE, THE ONES WHO ARE HELLBOUND ARE THE ONES WHO DONT LIVE BY THE 10 COMMANDMENTS!!!! DO YOU LIVE BY ALL THE 10 COMMANDMANTS? IF NOT THEN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE “ONES WHO ARE GOING TO HELL LIST”!!!!!!!
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You sound completely sane.
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haha she also spelt commandments incorrectly and two different ways…what does that even have to do with the story…???
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Pregnant with another child and one was just a year old and the father was in the “pin”. hahahahha. This girl is funny. Nothing she said seemed to have anything to do with this article. Some people crack me up. hahahah.
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I WISH I COULD HELP JADE AND LAMONT, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW THEM, BUT I BELIEVE THEY MEANT NO HARM TO CROWN, THEIR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PRINCE.
I WILL PRAY FOR THEM ALL AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT BELIEVE IN THEM AND SUPPORT AND LOVE THEM!!!
GOD BLESS
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mother of four healthy children reply on June 23rd, 2008:
you deserve to be in hell with your vegan friends!
…there is no excuse on earth for neglecting children, YOU BIG LOSER!!!!!! and to Venessa, if there was a God there would be no idiots like you and your friends in this world
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Anyone who can read a book or google on their computer can find contradictory information about vegan and vegetarian diets, and usually find something to back up their viewpoints, especially if the are anti-vegan/vegetarians.
Those same kinds of people, if they are the parents of an infant/toddler will find scientific info backing the healthiness of a vegetarian/vegan diet for almost everyone. Everyone except infants and toddlers. That’s because thet’re supposed to be drinking breastmilk during that important growing stage. If someone cannot or won’t breastfeed, there are vegan and vegetarian nutritionally formulated substitutes available. These formulas are also often recommended for babies with colic from either breastmilk or from regular cowmilk based formulas.
Soymilk is not an acceptable replacement for breastmilk for any infant/toddler. It is good for post-toddlers, children, and adults, and is most likely better for them than cow milk (it is not natural to drink ‘milk’ as an adult in any other animals… humans are no different. They do not need human or cow milk after infancy.
Just because it has the word ‘milk’ in it, does not make soymilk a replacement for breastmilk or formula, unless you like sickly or dead babies.
I wish vegans/vegetarians would read up a bit before they ignorantly injure their children with dangerous feeding alternatives. There’s been a few of these cases lately, and as a vegetarian with vegetarian children, it’s just not that hard to research what ANY child needs nutritionally. They seem to be pretty good at whipping up ‘nut-milks’ and at giving their infants things like wheatgrass enemas (BAD IDEA. Not only does wheatgrass cause cramping in many people, enemas flush nutrients as well as toxins out of your bowels. Infants aren’t old enough to have those toxins, and certainly don’t need nutrients flushed out!
Parents, please. What’s the point in trying that hard to be ‘healthy’ if it’s unscientific and kills your children?
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Glorybug- I totally agree with you!
Wow that is pretty crazy. I couldn’t imagine giving my kids what they gave their baby.
I’m not sure if they deserve hell but they do deserve something. Man, they need to think about what they did to their damn kid and how it was going to affect the poor things health!
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I don’t believe that these parents thought they were doing anything wrong. They followed a strict vegan diet and holistic life. I know three children in my life have been on a vegan and holistic lifetstyle since the day they were born and they are all very healthy. Matter of fact the oldest was given a 15% chance of living because of how premature she was at birth. She just turned 8 the past December and you would never know that she was born 5 weeks early. My son was unable to tolerate regular lactose based formula when he was born. I was unable to nurse him due to almost no milk production. I had him on Soy based formula until he was 16 months and then he was switched over to lactose free milk. Now I don’t follow a vegan diet but I don’t feed my child junk food. He was almost 2 before I could start giving him a glass of milk that wasnt watered down. He had an intolerance to milk that made providing for him difficult, but I did what I had to do. No one but those parents know what happened in their home or what caused Crown to lose his life. I don’t feel they maliciously killed their son, but I do wonder how educated they were on how a child should be raised by parents who are vegan.
Always remember this…Only God can cast stones!!!!
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