R. v. Tutton
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| Hearing: November 10, 1987 Judgment: June 8, 1989 |
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R. v. Tutton and Tutton, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1392 is a famous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the mens rea requirements for criminal offences related to manslaughter. The Court was split three to three over whether two parents, believing that their diabetic child was cured by God, are guilty of manslaughter for intentionally failing to give the child his insulin.
- There were a total of nine judges on the bench, six of which were assigned to the Tutton and Tutton case.
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Carol Anne Tutton and Arthur Tutton were the parents of five-year-old Christopher Tutton who died on October 17, 1981.
The Tuttons were deeply religions and believed in faith healing. They believed that Divine intervention could miraculously cure illnesses byond the power of modern medicine.
In April 1979, the family physician diagnosed Christopher as diabetic. Mrs. Tutton believed that she had had a vision of God in which she was told that Christopher had been cured and no more insulin was needed. Mrs. Tutton stopped the insulin injections on October 14, 1981. October 17, 1981 Christopher was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival due to complications of diabetic hyperglycemia.
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