Robert Latimer is a murderer. He freely admitted his guilt, that he did kill his twelve year old daughter Tracy in 1993. He used the exhaust fumes from his pickup truck to gas her to death. He was duly arrested and charged with second degree murder. He was convicted in two trials of second degree murder and following appeals up to the Supreme Court of Canada he was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for ten years. He maintains that he killed his daughter Tracy, because she was severely disabled and suffering a great deal of pain, that killing her was an act of mercy. He was prevented from using this argument as a defense in court, but to this day insists he did nothing wrong. He has just been granted day parole. He is to be gradually released back into society. It is true that he is unlikely to re-offend, but the fact remains his daughter's life was not his to take. Canadian law does not allow anyone to perpetrate a "compassionate" homicide. I sympathize with the plight he and his family faced in caring for their disabled child, and hope that he can rejoin his family and get on with his life before too long, but the public record must show that he is a convicted murderer.