This is a slightly different post then my usual, and it really has nothing to do with my adventures in Korea, but it is very important. Please read!
Robert Latimer, a farmer working a spread in Saskatchewan northwest of Saskatoon, killed his 12-year-old daughter Tracy on October 24, 1993. There has never been any doubt about this.
Latimer told police he did it. He said he loved his daughter and could not bear to watch her suffer from a severe form of cerebral palsy. So he placed her in the cab of his Chevy pickup, ran a hose from the exhaust to the cab, climbed into the box of the truck, sat on a tire and watched her die.
Tracy was a 40-pound quadriplegic, a 12-year-old who functioned at the level of a three-month-old. She had been repeatedly operated on and at the time of her murder was due for more surgery, this time to remove a thigh bone. She could not walk, talk or feed herself, though she responded to affection and occasionally smiled. Tracy was in constant, excruciating pain yet, for reasons not entirely clear, could not be treated with a pain-killer stronger than Tylenol.
On November 4, 1993, Latimer was charged with first-degree murder. A year later, he was convicted of second-degree murder.
For more info:
-Excerpt from an article from CBC News. To read the full article go here http://www.cbc.ca/news/bac
Robert Latimer's Official Site - http://www.robertlatimer.n
Please go and sign the petitions to free Robert Latimer:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fre
http://www.freerobertlatimer.ca/#
Thank you friends and family!
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