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Originally Posted by Thunderball
So back to the main topic... should Latimer be lauded for being a pioneer in euthanizing his terminally ill child? No. Should he be rotting in a jail cell for something that more and more advanced liberal democracies are finding acceptable and taking space that belongs to real criminals? No.
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He could be out if he showed remorse.
I was reading an article the other day wherein his sister said that her brother would not lie to get out of prison. He had no problem lying after he killed her.
Why does he have a problem now?
It would have added validity to his act. To me, if you believe that strongly in something, you stand up for what you believe regardless of the consequences.
I suppose one could say that is what he is doing now. By not showing remorse, he will stay where he is unless he's offered clemency. When he murdered his daughter, he was not so forthright.
That said i empathize with the Latimers, but I would have had far more respect for the man had he have stood up and been a man about what he had done.
He didn't do that. He tried to hide it.