I'm torn on whether the little girl's parents should be tried for manslaughter or not. On the one hand, they are responsible for making sure she has adequate medical care...on the other, like JW's, they are victims of cult mentality. This causes you to "turn off" your natural affection to a point and rely solely on what the CULT says is right and proper. Some people are more ingrained than others. I knew of a couple who had a child born too early. The father was an inactive JW, but still held onto some of the beliefs. When he realized that his child would indeed die without blood, he decided to allow it. But this was an inactive and already thinking JW who was married to someone in the world. So...how much moreso would it be a struggle for an active JW couple to make such a decision that they feel is directly against god's commandments? Save their child NOW, or take away their chance for eternal life?
LEGALLY I can see that there was severe negligence resulting in this child's death. Absolutely. But the reasoning behind it wasn't a lack of love, but a lack of intelligence and morality that was forced on them by a cult.
It's sad that the older boy made the decision he did...but, by law, the decision was his to make. Unfortunately, he was also a victim of cult mentality.