In criminal negligence manslaughter cases involving protracted neglect of infant children resulting in death, a sentence of eight years' imprisonment is within the appropriate range. The extent of departure from reasonable community standards remains the major sentencing consideration, and a notional sentence of eight to nine years has tended to prevail for protracted, cruel harm to infants resulting in fatality. A parent who is not the primary caregiver but who abnegates responsibility for infant children and contributes to the primary caregiver's incapacity may be sentenced at parity with the primary caregiver.
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