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R v Latimer, [2001] 1 SCR 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer. The case had sparked an intense national debate as to the ethics of what was claimed as a mercy killing. In its decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the crime could not be justified through the defence of necessity, and found that, despite the special circumstances of the case, the lengthy prison sentence given to Latimer was not cruel and unusual and therefore not a breach of section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court also ruled that Latimer was not denied rights to jury nullification, as no such rights exist. The prison sentence was thus upheld, although the cour

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rdfs:label	R v Latimer (en)
rdfs:comment	R v Latimer, [2001] 1 SCR 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer. The case had sparked an intense national debate as to the ethics of what was claimed as a mercy killing. In its decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the crime could not be justified through the defence of necessity, and found that, despite the special circumstances of the case, the lengthy prison sentence given to Latimer was not cruel and unusual and therefore not a breach of section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court also ruled that Latimer was not denied rights to jury nullification, as no such rights exist. The prison sentence was thus upheld, although the cour (en)
dcterms:subject	Jury nullification Canadian criminal case law Euthanasia law 2001 in Canadian case law Supreme Court of Canada cases Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms case law
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citations	[2001] 1 SCR 3; 2001 SCC 1; , 193 DLR 577; [2001] 6 WWR 409; , 150 CCC 129; , 39 CR 1; , 80 CRR 189; , 203 Sask R 1 (en)
history	Judgment for the Crown in the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (en)
ratio	The ten-year minimum sentence in this case did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the fairness of the trial was not compromised by the lateness of the decision on whether the jury could consider the defence of necessity. (en)
has abstract	R v Latimer, [2001] 1 SCR 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in the controversial case of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer convicted of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer. The case had sparked an intense national debate as to the ethics of what was claimed as a mercy killing. In its decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the crime could not be justified through the defence of necessity, and found that, despite the special circumstances of the case, the lengthy prison sentence given to Latimer was not cruel and unusual and therefore not a breach of section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court also ruled that Latimer was not denied rights to jury nullification, as no such rights exist. The prison sentence was thus upheld, although the court specifically noted that the federal government had the power to pardon him. (en)
case-name	R v Latimer (en)
decided-date	2001-01-18 (xsd:date)
full-case-name	Robert William Latimer v Her Majesty The Queen (en)
heard-date	2000-06-14 (xsd:date)
NotParticipating	Bastarache and LeBel JJ (en)
PerCuriam	yes (en)
ruling	Conviction and prison sentence upheld (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	R v Latimer (1997) R v Bissonnette R v Perka R v Whitfield Euthanasia in Canada List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (McLachlin Court) By the Court decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada Necessity (criminal law) R. v. Latimer (2001) R. v. Latimer
is Wikipage redirect of	R. v. Latimer (2001) R. v. Latimer
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