'Mercy-killing' parents walk free from court

A couple convicted of killing their blind and mentally disabled son walked free from an Australian court today after a judge said they committed the crime out of love.

'Mercy-killing' parents walk free from court

A couple convicted of killing their blind and mentally disabled son walked free from an Australian court today after a judge said they committed the crime out of love.

Prosecutors in Sydney had called for prison terms for Raymond Sutton, 63, and his wife Margaret Sutton, 60, after they pleaded guilty last year in the New South Wales state Supreme Court to the manslaughter of their 28-year-old son, Matthew.

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