Stephan and his wife, Collet, were found guilty last year in their son Ezekiel’s 2012 death from bacterial meningitis. Their trial in Lethbridge, Alta., heard they treated the 19-month-old boy with garlic, onion and horseradish rather than taking him to a doctor. Two of the three Appeal Court judges supported the conviction, but Justice Brian O’Ferrall offered a dissenting opinion. Stephan said the trial judge erred in his charge to jurors and gave them no choice but to find the couple guilty. “I have come to see that if I remain quiet today, someone else will needlessly suffer tomorrow.”— Follow @BillGraveland on Twitter

Source: National Post November 16, 2017 18:00 UTC