Victim’s Sons Tell Court That Killing of Ailing Mother Was NO Act of Compassion

Victim’s Sons Tell Court That Killing of Ailing Mother Was NO Act of Compassion
Prosecutors Helene Di Salvo (L) and Guy Bouthillier (R), leave at the Montreal Courthouse on June 21 2012. ROGERIO BARBOSA/AFP/GettyImages
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MONTREAL—A Montreal man convicted of manslaughter for suffocating his ailing wife should be sentenced to eight years in prison, the Crown argued Friday.

“All of society needs to know you can’t cause the death of others, even when you’re experiencing a great suffering, even when you’re exhausted,'' prosecutor Genevieve Langlois said during a sentencing hearing for Michel Cadotte.