Robert Latimer has been in court several times and has only served minimal time in jail. On November 16, 1994, he was first convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in jail with no parole for ten years. This ruling was overturned due to a technicality in the case. The second conviction occurred on December 1, 1997. Rather than receiving the minimum sentence for second degree murder, Judge Noble made an unprecedented exemption from the second degree murder minimum sentence. He sentenced Robert Latimer to one year in a provincial jail and one year of house arrest on his farm in Wilkie, Saskatchewan. Both the crown and the defence appealed the conviction. The case is still in the courts.

Our legal system is not yet equipped to deal with euthanasia cases. The law is very unclear about consequences for euthanasia. Robert Latimer deemed that Tracy was better o

We are often reminded of what Tracy could not do. Tracy could not talk, feed herself or go to the bathroom by herself. But Tracy could smile and laugh and cry. Most people have seen the picture of Tracy and her father. Tracy has a huge smile and is apparently happy. Tracy was a person who also had feelings of joy and happiness. How can one know whether or not for Tracy, these moments of happiness were worth all the pain she had to endure? It is not up to us to decide which lives are more important than others.

Every person has a right to live. No life is less important than another. Disabled people can influence many lives for the better. I believe that Mrs. Wolfe's children have made her a better and stronger person. Many special needs people can teach us about courage, determination, accepting and enjoying life.

Robert Latimer who claims to have loved his daughter so much that he killed her to relieve her pain, denied Tracy proper medical treatment. Tracy did not receive surgeries that could have improved her condition and she was given only mild pain relief medication. If he could not stand to see Tracy in pain, why did he refuse better treatments?

Society tends to define people by their ability to produce. Anyone who is unproductive is seen as being of little wor

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