The national parole board has done themselves proud this time. They decided to deny day parole to Robert Latimer.
The board panel had to assess Latimer's risk to re-offend. In a word, it's "nonexistant." Well, best leave that aside. Instead, the board said they were left with the feeling Mr. Latimer has not developed sufficient insight and understanding of his actions.
Latimer was told he can apply for day parole again in two years.
What a farce. If you're angry about this, why not tell the National Parole Board.
info@npb-cnlc.gc.ca
I am sorry He had a very good reason and I do not call it killing. per se, but mercy killing, and yes, he should have parole. He loved his daugther.
ReplyDeleteLizt I think you are a little confuse between the meaning of the words "killing" and "murder". There can be doubt that he killed his daughter even if you qualify it as a "mercy killing" (justifiably so) it is still a killing. The controversial part is whether or not this mercy killing amounted to murder.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm having a difficult time making up my mind, but the courts and a jury have decided that his actions did amount to murder. It was a tough call, but it was their call to make and they made it, so what's done is done.
The question that is at hand now is whether or not he deserves to be released. Now I don't know what guidelines the parole board has for granting someone day parole, but speaking as a member of society I personally have no problem walking the same streets as Mr. Latimer.
While what he did might have been murder in the second degree, it is hardly along the same lines as someone killing his drug dealer so he can rob him. Now if it had been proven that Mr. Latimer had killed his daughter to collect on an insurance policy or something like that, I don't think anyone would have a problem with throwing away the key, but right or wrong, Mr. Latimer was acting out of love for his daughter when he killed her. That has to be worth something.