1) What did I learn from reading the Vancouver Sun Article about Robert Latimer?
I learned that Latimer killed someone in his house and people called it a mercy killing. He killed a girl because she was in a acute pain and wanted to be killed, but know one believed his story. He was kept in jail for 1 year, but people wanted to keep him in jail for a decade. He was meant for mercy killings to be kept in jail for 10 years, but he was only kept in for 1 year and 1 year of probation. His daughter was disabled and was in so much pain so his father was held in jail for a assisted suicide of his daughter. He killed his daughter with a carbon monoxide from his trucks exhaust pipe. The daughter was 11 and had lots of pain with a brain of a 4 month year old infant. The court did not take Latimer's words about he killed her so the intolerable pain would go away. Later after she died in 2003 better medication was available for Tracy his daughter.
2) What else do I need to know to understand it better?
How long Latimer had to stay in jail and get free from charges. What are the main laws for mercy killings and assisted suicide of someone that is in pain. How did the family feel about all this?
3) Provide 3 sources where this info can be found.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Latimer
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/robert-latimer-who-killed-his-disabled-daughter-says-hed-do-it-again/
http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/humanrights/endoflife/latimer/victim-murderer
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1226176--breaking-feds-to-appeal-assisted-suicide-case
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