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Wednesday February 14, 2007

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Experts tell jurors 8-year-old boy died from bacterial infection

Eight-year-old Josef Smith wasn’t beaten to death by his parents, but instead died from a bacterial infection brought on by common dermatitis eczema, experts told jurors Monday at Joseph and Sonya Smith’s murder trial.

Tuesday February 13, 2007

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Church Members Testify In Murder Trial

A Georgia jury heard from members of a middle Tennessee church Monday. They testified at the murder trial of two members of The Brentwood-based Remnant Fellowship Church. Sonia and Joseph Smith are charged with killing their 8-year-old son Josef in 2003.

Saturday February 10, 2007

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Medical Experts Testify In Murder Case

The prosecution wrapped up its case Friday against a Georgia couple charged with murdering their son. The boy’s parents worship over the internet at Brentwood Fellowship Church.

Friday February 9, 2007

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Couple accused of killing their son, 8, had another child die, jurors learn

Just 11 weeks before Joseph and Sonya Smith’s 8-year-old son died, allegedly from abuse, the couple’s 18-month-old son Milek died from complications from an irregular heartbeat.

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Verbal fireworks erupt in child death case

A defense attorney moved for a mistrial and an angry judge demanded an apology Thursday after the brother of a dead 8 year-old-boy referred on the witness stand to another sibling who had died.

Thursday February 8, 2007

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Teen testifies she heard father hit son

In other testimony Wednesday, police said the Smiths held an online prayer session with their church, Brentwood-based Remnant Fellowship Church, while the child lay dying.

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Witness: Boy in beating death case was covered with bruises

A county firefighter testified Wednesday in the case of a couple accused of beating to death their 8-year-old child that the boy was covered in what appeared to be bruises across his lower body.

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What Does Bible Say About Corporal Punishment?

In the Old Testament,there are several verses of scripture that many believe supports parents spanking their children.

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Cobb cop testifies parents feared son, 8

Joseph and Sonya Smith, of Mableton, each face one count of murder, three counts of felony murder, five counts of first-degree child cruelty, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of false imprisonment.

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Boy’s father in beating death case told police his son made death threats

Josef Smith’s father told police his 8-year-old son frequently needed discipline because the child carved death threats on the walls that kept the family awake at night and claimed he was a foot-soldier for the devil.

Wednesday February 7, 2007

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Child’s death renews scrutiny of Remnant Fellowship Church

The murder trial of a Georgia couple accused of whipping, confining and then beating their son to death shines a spotlight on the child discipline practices of the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church.

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Remnant Fellowship Tape Could Be Evidence

Joseph and Sonya Smith are charged not only murder, but they’re also accused of confining Josef in a small room for long periods of time.

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Prosecutor, defense lawyer give different versions of child’s death

An 8-year-old was beaten by his parents, locked inside a wooden box and forced to stay in a closet for hours at a time before he finally died in October 2003, a prosecutor told the jury as the trial of the couple began in Cobb County.

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Jury Selected In Abuse Trial

The murder trial of a Georgia couple that led to the investigation of a middle Tennessee church got underway Tuesday. Joseph and Sonya Smith, members of the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood, were charged with killing their 8-year-old son.

Monday February 5, 2007

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Parents charged in child’s death go on trial Monday

A man and woman accused of killing their 8-year-old son — in a case that led authorities to look into the practices of a Tennessee church — is expected to begin Monday in a suburban Atlanta courtroom.

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