Latimer's Mercy

Album: Scream (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song was inspired by a real-life farmer who killed his suffering daughter in 1993. At a press conference launching the Scream album in Canada, Ozzy Osbourne explained that the song chronicles Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer's decision to end his disabled daughter's life. Latimer was convicted of second-degree murder. Ozzy told Canada's CanWest News Service, "It must be a very difficult thing when you give birth to a child that is so messed up, she doesn't have any quality of life... seeing her go through pain and agony."

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  • Crazyc63312 from Pittsburgh, PaCreepy but good! :/
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