A Bothell man who shot his terminally ill wife pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and was sentenced to two years in prison.

The children of 55-year-old Donald McNeely had asked the Snohomish County Superior Court judge to show mercy to their father.

The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/VACrv6) he shot his wife, Linda McNeely, last March at their home. She was dying of brain cancer.

The defense lawyer said the family had explored legal suicide, but she was not a candidate because of dementia.

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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com