Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
All I have to say is that these are some heartless mo%*$^@!$+ers. 6 weeks!?!? 6 weeks!?!? All i have to say is that anybody here that's thinking 'geez, they just didn't know any better' hasn't spent any time around infants. Princess Jillian is about as sweet as they come, and I couldn't stand 6 seconds of her crying when she's hungry, let alone 6 weeks!? That baby must have been shrieking incessantly. How on earth did they keep from going insane?
It's a tragic, totally unnecessary death - but I would't be surprised to find out the parents were that clueless. I've seen, heard and read of people ignorant enough to do such a thing without intent.

According to MRD's link the prosecutor implied that the kid could have survived just fine on a vegan diet, but accused them of deliberately feeding him to little. I'm not a nutrition expert but that reeks of bullox because
1) even if you trippled the meals, it would still be lacking in proteins etc.
2) if you intend to starve someone, why feed him/her anything at all?

I'd say there are two possibilities here:

A) the parents were determined to feed him only vegan food, consciously accepting the chance that he would starve (but not "wanting" it)
B) the parents honestly, foolishly believed that a vegan diet would be sufficient

If I were a jury member and was convinced that A) was true, I'd have no trouble letting them rot in jail. I'm not a jury member though, all I know comes from 2 news articles and I'm not willing to dismiss possibility B). It would still be completely irresponsible and prison-worthy, but it wouldn't be murder.