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Latimer Gets Out

by ppeggy | February 28, 2008 at 08:22 am

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This is such good news, as far as I'm concerned. I am not a supporter of euthanasia but the sentence given to Robert Latimer for the mercy killing of his daughter seemed unduly harsh, when you consider much lighter sentences that have been given to people who have committed much more heinous crimes. The Parole Board's reversal of its decision not to grant parole is unexpected but appreciated by many of us.

VANCOUVER - Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer jailed for the 1993 mercy killing of his severely disabled daughter Tracy, is being released on day parole after seven years' imprisonment in a surprise reversal.

Latimer will be released from jail as soon as a bed can be found for him in a halfway house, but it could take several weeks.

In an unexpected decision released Wednesday, the Appeal Division of the National Parole Board reversed a December ruling by the Pacific regional office of the board denying Latimer day parole.

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Rob Peters

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at 17:56 on February 28th, 2008

Thanks for posting this ppeggy. Very interesting story.

To me the sentence seems harsh considering the circumstances. Clearly his motives weren't malicious.