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December 6, 2007
The Latimer case: crime or compassion
Reflections on Pickton
The Latimer case: crime or compassion
The National Parole Board’s recent denial of day parole to Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer resurrects an age-old debate: Is euthanasia a crime or an act of compassion? SFU criminologist Robert Gordon is an expert in this area and can offer thought on the parole board’s decision to deny Latimer partial freedom because he has never acknowledged that he murdered his daughter. Latimer has always maintained that he killed his then 12-year-old severely disabled daughter Tracey in 1993 because she was in extreme pain.
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell), 778.782.4546, rgordon@sfu.ca
Reflections on Pickton
Reporters awaiting the verdict in the Robert Pickton trial will have no shortage of questions about the outcome of this multi-layered case. How did the jury cope with all the evidence and the high profile of this case? If found guilty, does Pickton fit the typical profile of a serial killer? If found innocent, will the families of the women Pickton is alleged to have murdered feel they’ve had their day in court? These are just a few of the many angles that criminology experts at SFU can address when the verdict is announced.
David MacAlister (jury stress and role), 778.230.7296 (cell), 778.782.3019 (w), dmacalis@sfu.ca
Robert Gordon (verdict significance), 604.418.6640 (cell), 778.782.4305, rgordon@sfu.ca
Gordon Rose (verdict significance), gvrose@sfu.ca (email contact best)
Neil Boyd (serial killer profile), 1.604.947.9569 (h), 778.782.3324 (w), nboyd@sfu.ca (available until Dec. 6)
John Lowman (prostitution), john_lowman@sfu.ca (on study leave but available)
Reflections on Pickton
The Latimer case: crime or compassion
The National Parole Board’s recent denial of day parole to Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer resurrects an age-old debate: Is euthanasia a crime or an act of compassion? SFU criminologist Robert Gordon is an expert in this area and can offer thought on the parole board’s decision to deny Latimer partial freedom because he has never acknowledged that he murdered his daughter. Latimer has always maintained that he killed his then 12-year-old severely disabled daughter Tracey in 1993 because she was in extreme pain.
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell), 778.782.4546, rgordon@sfu.ca
Reflections on Pickton
Reporters awaiting the verdict in the Robert Pickton trial will have no shortage of questions about the outcome of this multi-layered case. How did the jury cope with all the evidence and the high profile of this case? If found guilty, does Pickton fit the typical profile of a serial killer? If found innocent, will the families of the women Pickton is alleged to have murdered feel they’ve had their day in court? These are just a few of the many angles that criminology experts at SFU can address when the verdict is announced.
David MacAlister (jury stress and role), 778.230.7296 (cell), 778.782.3019 (w), dmacalis@sfu.ca
Robert Gordon (verdict significance), 604.418.6640 (cell), 778.782.4305, rgordon@sfu.ca
Gordon Rose (verdict significance), gvrose@sfu.ca (email contact best)
Neil Boyd (serial killer profile), 1.604.947.9569 (h), 778.782.3324 (w), nboyd@sfu.ca (available until Dec. 6)
John Lowman (prostitution), john_lowman@sfu.ca (on study leave but available)