OREGON CITY, Ore. -- A jury has found an Oregon couple not guilty of manslaughter in the death of their infant daughter.

Carl and Raylene Worthington, members of the Followers of Christ Church, relied on faith healing instead of medicine in the days leading up to their daughter's death.

The jury delivered their decision Thursday and also cleared Raylene Worthington of a criminal mistreatment charge. Carl Worthington was found guilty of criminal mistreatment, a misdemeanor, and his sentencing was set for July 31. Criminal mistreatment carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail.

The Worthingtons and their fellow church members refused to say anything after the jury handed in its verdict.

After the judge read the verdict from the jury for Carl Worthington, and moments later, for his wife the couple sat back quietly. Minutes later, they swept out of the courthouse surrounded by fellow church members.

The jury had been deliberating since July 15 over whether to convict the couple on manslaughter charges in the death of their 15-month-old daughter, Ava. On Monday, the jury's foreperson told the judge that she thought the jury was deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. The judge asked the jury to continue deliberating.

The presiding juror explained what the jury was thinking when they decided on the verdict.

"This wasn't easy for any of us. They're people they're not monsters. They're not bad people they're just like anybody else and it's the whole story of their lives and how they are as people in their community that really for me made the difference," the presiding juror Ashley Santos said.

Santos said they convicted Carl Worthington on the criminal mistreatment charge because they felt their should be some repercussion for the child's death.

"It was just the accountability. She died and we felt like there should be a voice for her," she said.

Ava died of pneumonia and a blood infection in March 2008, according to an autopsy.

The case centered on an Oregon law that requires parents to provide adequate medical care to a child. The Worthingtons' church doesn't believe in using doctors to treat illness.

Since late last month, the jury heard about the last days and hours of Ava's life: Members of the Followers of Christ church came to pray, anoint her and lay hands on the increasingly sick child.

Carl and Raylene Worthington testified that they didn't call a doctor because they didn't believe doctors could help her. No one alleged that the Worthingtons intentionally let their daughter die.

Under Oregon law, conviction requires only 10 votes from the 12-person jury.

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