Posted on 09/21/2009 2:50:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) -- California authorities say a 90-year-old man will likely be booked on a murder charge after he shot his bedridden wife, allegedly to end her suffering, then tried to kill himself.
Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says James Fish was in critical condition Monday after shooting himself in the head, but he's alert and able to speak. Amormino says Fish will be arrested if he survives.
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Guess he didn't hit anything vital.
Just being a good liberal.
Man, 90, allegedly kills wife to end suffering
Good grief, is that really the way they wanted to word that?
I’d rather die young than have to “live” to the day when all I have to look forward to is having my bedpan changed.
Life without God is so empty, so desparate, so meaningless, and so cheap.
While I personally might agree with you, I'd also add that I wouldn't make such a decision for anyone else, as this man apparently did.
There are solid reasons some things have to be illegal, and equally valid reasons why people do them anyway.
Sad story on all accounts...
Life without God is so empty, so desparate, so meaningless, and so cheap.
TRUE!
Well said.
Booked on a murder charge. What are they going to do, give him a life sentence?
Guess compassion and love have no political boundries.
If I was totally bedridden and 90 yrs old, I would want the same.
But hey, that’s just me.
Thje Obama care people want to thank you for putting that in writing.
I have a lot of sympathy for this man.
My mother cried out in agony as she was dying from cancer and we could do nothing. One has to experience such a horror before judging others.
LOL, please let me know what you thought I meant when I said that I wouldn’t make a life / death decision for someone else, and how the ObamaCare people would thank me for saying that.
The story gives us no facts other than he shot and killed his wife and tried to kill himself. Who knows what type of suffering she was enduring. Maybe she asked him to take her life. I don't think if she did, that's his prerogative, but maybe it can help us understand if that was the case
A lot of unknowns are left unanswered.
Anyone who has endured serious long term pain and suffering easily gets despaired and a sense of hopelessness.
Agreed, although if anyone would be qualified to make that decision it’d be the long time spouse.
End whose suffering?
His or hers?
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