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Robert Latimer
Canadian farmer and convicted murderer
Robert Latimer | |
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| Born | (1953-03-13) March 13, 1953 (age 71) |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Spouse | Laura Latimer |
| Children | Tracy Latimer (deceased), 3 others |
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Robert William Latimer (born March 13, 1953) is a Canadian canola and wheatfarmer who was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his daughter Tracy Lynn Latimer (born November 23, 1980 – October 24, 1993). This case caused a national controversy concerning the definition and ethics of euthanasia as well as the rights of people with disabilities,[1] and resulted in two Supreme Court decisions, R. v. Latimer (1997), on section 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and later R. v. Latimer (2001), concerning cruel and unusual punishments with reference to section 12 of the Charter. Latimer was released on day parole in March 2008 and was granted full parole in December 2010.[2]
Farm and family
Before his imprisonment, Latimer li
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Robert Latimer McCook
Robert Latimer McCook (December 28, 1827 – August 6, 1862) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was killed by Confederatepartisans in Alabama.
Birth and early years
McCook was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, one of the famed Fighting McCooks. He studied law in the Steubenville office of Stanton and McCook[1] opening an office there by age 21.[2] He then moved to Cincinnati, where he developed a large legal practice and socialized in local Democratic political circles. Originally a supporter of President James Buchanan, as war became inevitable, he distanced himself from the president's policies.
Civil War
With the outbreak of the Civil War, McCook organized the 9th Ohio Infantry, a regiment primarily composed of recent German immigrants, in early 1861 and was appointed as its first colonel. After drilling his men at Camp Dennison, they took to the field in mid-June. McCook commanded a brigade in the West Virginia campaign under George B. McClellan, fighting in a number of battles, inc
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1978
1978—Bob and Laura Latimer marry.
1980
23 November 1980—When Tracy is born, the hospital's fetal heart monitor is broken. The monitor tells doctors if the baby is in distress. Tracy's oxygen supply was cut off at birth. Cerebral palsy is caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth. Brain cells die, interrupting motor commands to muscles and causing limbs to spasm. Dr. David Kemp, the Latimer family doctor, indicates that Tracy could have lived into her 40s. (In 1983, the Latimer's son Brian is born and in 1985 daughter Lindsay is born.)
1992
August 1992—Tracy has spinal surgery to reduce the curvature of her spine.
1993
August 1993—The Latimer's fourth child, son Lee, is born. In Laura's seventh month of pregnancy, the Latimer's place Tracy in a group home (Battleford Residential Services) in North Battleford. Laura Latimer was concerned that lifting Tracy would put the new baby at risk. (Two years earlier, she had had a miscarriage.) Tracy returned home in October, weighing only 38 pounds. According to Brian Hutchinson, "Docto
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