Grand jury indicts mother who committed 'mercy killings'

GRIFFIN - A grand jury indicted a woman Friday on four counts of murder for the fatal shooting of her two terminally ill sons. <br> <br> Superior Court Judge Ben Miller said Carol Carr is charged with two counts of malice murder and two counts of felony murder. <br> <br> The 63-year-old Carr is accused of killing her sons, 42-year-old Randy Scott and 41-year-old Andy Scott, who suffered from Huntington&#39;s disease, a degenerative genetic nerve disorder that causes involuntary body movement, dementia and death. Their father, Carr&#39;s first husband, died of the disease. <br> <br> Carr has been in custody since she shot her sons in their beds at a Griffin nursing home June Eighth. <br> <br> Spalding County District Attorney William McBroom declined to comment. A court date hasn&#39;t been set. <br> <br> Carr&#39;s supporters gathered in front of the Spalding County courthouse yesterday and asked that the justice system spare a mother who couldn&#39;t stand to see her sons in pain. <br> <br> Carr&#39;s last surviving son, James Scott, has asked that all charges be dropped against her. He said she has suffered enough already and has seen too many of her family die. <br> <br> Miller has declined to release Carr on bond because she could present ``a period of heightened distress and risk for suicide.&#39;&#39;