Mercy or Murder?

Name: Mercy or Murder?
Director: Steve Gethers
Genre: TV Movie, Drama
Released: 1987-01-11
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Robert Young, Frances Reid, Eddie Albert, Marshall Colt, Michael Learned

Directed by Steve Gethers

TV Movie

Drama

19871h 30m

Overview

Roswell and Emily Gilbert were married for fifty-one years, but for the eight final years of their marriage Emily suffered from Alzheimer's disease and the bone disease osteoporosis. Often in pain, Emily begged to die. In March 1985, 75-year-old Roswell shot Emily in the head. He said it was an act of mercy, but he was tried for murder and convicted as the nation debated euthanasia.