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HARRISBURG — Two sets of Pennsylvania parents face felony charges after police say their infants died in unsafe sleep positions.

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While experts and family advocates say young babies should sleep on their backs without anything in the crib, simply failing to follow the recommendations shouldn’t amount to a crime.

In both cases, brought in the past six months, law enforcement say the parents knowingly put their children at risk. Parents from Lebanon County are accused of putting their son to sleep o

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