Posted on 04/02/2013 6:14:21 AM PDT by wyowolf
There was no doubt 86-year-old George Sanders killed his ailing wife. Yet everyone in the small Arizona courtroom — the prosecutor, the judge and even the couple's family members — agreed it was a time for compassion, not punishment. "My grandfather lived to love my grandmother, to serve and to make her feel as happy as he could every moment of their life," Sanders' grandson, Grant, told the judge, describing the couple's life together as "a beautiful love story." "I truly believe that the pain had become too much for my grandmother to bear," he said, while Sanders looked on during the sentencing hearing Friday and occasionally wiped his eyes with a tissue as relatives pleaded tearfully for mercy.
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“... one has NO right to play God”.
Personally, I am glad that the man was given probation. He obviously demonstrated he was a loving husband... taking care of her personal needs, medications, cooking, cleaning etc... God knows what is in this man’s heart and the reasons he took his wife’s life (which she asked him to do rather than die... neglected.. in a nursing home). His INTENT was to honor his wife’s wishes and quickly cease her suffering. With his failing health... he will probably be with her soon.
Right. He should be held accountable.
If this was a less enlightened nation, the judge could have sentenced him to be remarried, “as a warning to others.”
We know almost nothing about this man, or the woman he murdered, or about their life together.
It really is sad: but he should not have committed murder. Specialists in pain management 30 years ago and more were saying "There's no such thing as intractable pain. There is, unfortunately, such a thing as intractable doctors and nurses." In other words, effective pain management for the terminally ill has been around for a long time.... unless the doctor is unwilling or unable to practice basic palliative medicine.
Put in writing what your medical choices are while you still have the ability to do it. Download the National Right to Life WILL TO LIVE (LINK) now and customize it carefully according to your own best judgment. Then make sure your nearest and dearest know EXACTLY what you mean, because no piece of paper will help you if it doesn't have a living, vocal advocate behind it.
What happened in this shooting murder should never, never have taken place.
Exactly!
I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was to die soon himself...perhaps of natural causes but maybe not.
Growing old ain't for sissies.
That's true but one must also consider the possibility of substantial neuropsychiatric deterioration in the husband...even if no blatant outward signs of it were evident.God certainly fully understands such scenarios and would be forgiving in such a situation.
I saw a show a few years ago made in England where this guy researched the best way to die. He interviewed all these scientists and doctors and they went over all these different ways a person could die, how much pain is felt etc etc and eventually at the end of the show (which was like an hour long) they came to the conclusion that the most pleasurable way to go was by inhaling pure nitrogen. He then asked a prison warden why they didn’t execute inmates that way instead of lethal injection, and the warden said “Because we don’t want them to go out feeling pleasure” lol...I was like oh great, now the libs are going to demand nitrogen executions.
Be professional, be polite....but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
I guess many in the military would disagree with you.
Yes I should have warned people before they hit that link. I played it for my brother and immediately he put his hands over his ears and started screaming YAAAH! (I’m not kidding lol!)
The military should do away with waterboarding. They should play that instead.
"If you #$@& with me, I will kill you all."
I've seen plenty of patients die. I've seen some go like I'd like to go...And I've seen too many go...in a way I wouldn't wish.
Many families..and Doctor's end up torturing their loved ones/patients. And I don't use the word "torturing" lightly.
The lead up to death can be horrible...but it doesn't have to be. I can totally understand a spouse that can't stand the sight and sound of their loved one being tortured...to make it all stop.
Was a gun the right way? Probably not. Will God punish him? I don't know.
Is God a loving God...that knows the hearts of all men and women? Yes!!
Probation makes sense. I assume the terms are that he is not to kill any more terminally ill wives.
Let's say a patient is gravely weakened, in irreversible decline, and has an underlying medical condition which is basically untreatable at this point. That person should not be tormented with futile treatments, "heroic" interventions, chemo, radiation, surgeries, etc. which they can't tolerate and are just burdensome for no purpose.
That's when the focus of treatment has to shift to comfort-care: meds to control pain, agitation, nausea and the other symptoms of untreatable illness. Adequate food and water to keep comfortable; clean, hygienic, pleasant surroundings. Counseling and assistance needed for the main care-giver, too (like this poor husband) who may well be suffering from depression, stress, emotional trauma.
This was a bad death. Being shot to death by one's husband is bad. Why didn't both the wife and the husband have appropriate help? Who was the doctor? WHO LET IT GET TO THIS POINT?
Things happen.
I cry for the man.
Although I understand it.
For all we know...his wife begged him.
We will all meet death. How, is the question.
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