Toronto man who killed 11-year-old epileptic son not criminally responsibl

[deek]

A father who believed he was saving his 11-year-old epileptic son from a life of hell was found not criminally responsible Friday of drugging and suffocating the child after a night of video games and television.

In her ruling, the judge decided David Carmichael was a loving and caring parent, but both badly deluded and desperate when he killed his boy. "We will probably never fully understand the desperation that led David Carmichael to take (the life of) his little boy," said Ontario Superior Court Justice Helen Rady.

"He was clearly a devoted and caring parent who looked for opportunities for his son to excel."



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[Lindacooks]

1. I wonder, if it had been his mother who killed him, if the judge

would have been so understanding.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. If a woman had postpartum psychosis

and did that she'd end up on prison.

[deek]

3. I liked this quote:

"I am satisfied that Mr. Carmichael poses no real threat to the public," said Rady (Ontario Superior Court Justice Helen Rady).


public = the rest of us = the real people

[pop goes the weasel]

4. it seems to always be like this

Kill your kid because you yourself have a disability (post-partum depression, brain tumor, etc), and you can look forward to spending the rest of your life behind bars or institutionalized or to an early death courtesy of the gubmint. Kill your kid because the kid is disabled, and you are a friggin' hero.

[KamaAina]

5. Tracy Latimer all over again

she was the 12-year-old Saskatchewan girl who had cerebral palsy whose father killed her, also "to save her from a life of pain". :puke:

And I thought Canada was a civilised country!