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Final Paper Death Penalty

1) Summarize the article:

Saturday January 23, 2010. 57 year old mother Frances Inglis was convicted of killing her 22 year old disabled son, Thomas Inglis after giving him a lethal shot of heroin His mother was given a life sentence, and was told that she must spend at least a minimum of nine years in prison. And she will also get the death penalty sooner or later. Thomas's disability all started when he went through a fatal traffic collision in July of 2007. And according to his mother, she said that she killed him because she hated to see him in his disabled state, and the son said that he was living in a "hell of his own" with no hope of recovery, and that the mother killed him to put him out of his misery with the painless way of killing someone, Drug injection. During the 2 week trial, she also claimed that she killed her son out of love, not malice.

2) What is the authors P.O.V/perspective on death penalty?:

The authors P.O.V was that even though Frances Inglis was 100% guilty for the murder of her son's life, she only did it to make her son happy, and she said that "a mother must do anything for her child" even if it involved putting your own child out his or her own misery be taking their life away from them.

3) Do you agree with the author? Why or why not?:

I agree and disagree with some points that the author said, like I agree 100% that Frances is guilty for her son's murder, but i disagree when the author says that a mother must do anything for her child, even if it involved taking your child's life away to break them for their misery, because there are so many things and ways in this world that parents can do to make their kid's lives better, even if they have any disabilities or serious health issues without resorting to murder. No matter how badly your child is suffering, murder is not the answer, even if you did it for "love".

4) Use the text to support your ideas:

After researching her son's condition, Frances decided to end her son's life as painless as possible. Not knowing any drug dealers, she hanged around lots of drug stores, outside a local station, a jobcentre, and needle exchanges. A couple days later, she managed to collect 2 grams of heroin from her internet research. Outside court her older son Alex said he and his family supported his mother "100%" and demanded a change in the law on mercy killing. He told the Mirror: "We're devastated she's being punished for ending his life humanely. Tom was always really, really independent. He always said, Don't make a fuss. Being in that state, he would have hated it.

5) If another student was interested in this information, where could they find it?:

www.guardian.co.uk

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