COMPASSIONATE HOMICIDE

n.

Homicide based on compassionate or altruistic motives.

"We have that rare act of homicide that was committed for caring and altruistic reasons. That is why, for want of a better term, this is called compassionate homicide."

— Margaret Somerville, quoted in David Roberts, "Latimer sentence sanctions euthanasia, ethicist says," The Globe and Mail

Sociology (General)

Crime