Judge Gives Prison Time to Calgary Couple in Toddler’s Infection Death

Jennifer and Jeromie Clark, leave a sentencing hearing after to couple were found guilty of criminal negligence causing the death of their 14-month-old son in 2013, outside the courts centre in Calgary on Feb. 8, 2019. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

CALGARY—A judge says a mother and father convicted in their toddler’s death from an infection pose no threat to society, but prison time is needed to make sure other parents don’t fail to get timely medical care for their children.

Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paul Jeffrey sentenced Jennifer and Jeromie Clark on Wednesday to 32 months.