REGINA, Saskatchewan, Oct 19 (LSN) – The case of Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who used his car as a make-shift gas chamber to kill his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy in 1993 was back in court today on a double appeal. Latimer is appealing the guilty verdict against him and the Crown is appealing the constitutional exemption which gave Latimer a meager two year sentence rather than the minimum 10 year sentence mandated for second-degree-murder convictions. Latimer is free on bail awaiting the appeal. The Canadian Press reported that an activist group for disabled persons called Saskatchewan Voice of People with Disabilities has intervenor status in the case. Bev Prescott, a spokesman for the group told CP “We’re there to let the public know that Mr. Latimer committed murder and that we do not support him being let off for anything less than murder.”“If it would have been a child without a disability, there would be no questions asked on this whatsoever,” she said.
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LATIMER APPEAL HEARING TODAY
REGINA, Saskatchewan, Oct 19 (LSN) – The case of Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who used his car as a make-shift gas chamber to kill his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy in 1993 was back in court today on a double appeal. Latimer is appealing the guilty verdict against him and the Crown is appealing the constitutional exemption which gave Latimer a meager two year sentence rather than the minimum 10 year sentence mandated for second-degree-murder convictions. Latimer is free on bail awaiting the appeal. The Canadian Press reported that an activist group for disabled persons called Saskatchewan Voice of People […]
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