Judge in Roeder Trial Courted Anti-Choice Group
Interesting.WICHITA, Kan. -- The judge overseeing the trial of the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion doctor is a practicing Roman Catholic who once courted the endorsement of an...
View ArticleRoeder Trial: Witness for the Defense Under Investigation for Ethics Violations
Well, here's a shocker:The Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys released a complaint Tuesday claiming [Phill] Kline committed "breaches of trust of his public office" and professional misconduct...
View ArticleRoeder Trial: Jury Will Not Be Allowed to Consider Voluntary Manslaughter
Scott Roeder, admitted killer of Dr. George Tiller, took the stand today, the only witness for the defense after the judge refused to allow former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline to testify on...
View ArticlePolitical Beliefs Don't Justify Murder
By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, ACLU Reproductive Freedom ProjectDr. George Tiller drove a jeep with armor plating and a bombproof glass and undercarriage to and from work every day. His clinic, where he...
View ArticleRoeder Trial Update
This is short. I was hoping to tuck this into a fresh open thread. I've been watching the Roeder trial all week.
View Article"These were honestly held beliefs and he had no choice."
Scott Roeder openly admits killing Dr. Tiller and says he believed it was the right thing to do.Ugh.
View ArticleUPDATED. ROEDER GUILTY OF DR GEORGE TILLER MURDER
Justice served! Well done, Kansas jury.Jury reaches verdict on Scott Roeder for the murder of Dr. George Tiller...GUILTY!NYT: When the verdict was read inside the Sedgwick County Courthouse , Mr....
View ArticleGeorge Tiller Assassin Found Guilty
Jurors in the murder trial of Scott Roeder deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding him guilty of first-degree murder in the assassination of Dr. George Tiller.In addition, Roeder was found...
View ArticleOperation Rescue Offers $10,000 Bounty for Doctors
Now that Operation Rescue has succeeded in its years-long mission to shut down Dr. George Tiller's clinic, it is launching a new campaign:Operation Rescue's Abortion Whistleblowers Campaign, which is...
View ArticleRoeder verdict sparks fears of more anti-abortion violence
cross-posted at Talk2ActionScott Roeder is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of George Tiller. At the very least, he'll by 75 years old before he can even think about...
View ArticleComparing Scott Roeder to Rosa Parks
Attorneys, no matter how vile their clients may be, are required to give them the best possible defense.When the client is obviously guilty, as in the case of Scott Roeder, the man who gunned down Dr....
View ArticleAP: Roeder Tape Reveals Militia Connection
The story of the assasination of Dr. George Tiller by antiabortion militant Scott Roeder took a revealing turn today.The AP is reporting that in a 1996 cable TV interview with fellow antiabortion...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from Dr. Tiller RE: The Nebraska Abortion Ban
This piece by Julie Burkhart, Dr. Tiller's right-hand woman, was first published on RH Reality Check earlier today.What's happening in Nebraska right now isn't local. Abortion rights opponents are...
View ArticleIt really is April Fool's Day when tradMed uses T Word to describe Dr. George...
This is a short diary, but in view of all the pooties and such I think it is just fine.I was shocked when I saw the T word - gasp! Terrorism! - on a headline by AP in Yahoo News"Atty: Kan. abortion...
View ArticleBREAKING: Scott Roeder sentenced to life, parole in 50 years
Sorry, no other information yet, as this just happened literally seconds ago, but I'm watching the sentencing hearing and Dr. Tiller's murderer got life with a chance of parole in 50 years.
View ArticleDr. Tiller's Assassin Complains That Life Is Unfair
Aw, poor baby:The man who killed Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller has filed a petition complaining that his rights have been violated and asking to be released from custody. The man who carefully...
View ArticleShahzad or Rudolph, U.S Citizens Have Miranda Rights
It's official: John McCain is now more addled than Glenn Beck. While the Fox News host insisted to the dismay of his colleagues that Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad"has all the rights under...
View ArticleWhen a Lone Wolf Assassin is Not Nuts or Alone
Dr. George Tiller was serving as an usher at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas when Scott Roeder walked up to him and shot him in the head.The media at the time quickly adopted the...
View ArticleNot a Good Line to Cross
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]As blogtopia has dutifully and fully noted—half the impetus to this day for liberal blogging is to offer an alternative to our awful American regressive media—it has...
View ArticleDeath Threat: The Widening Gyre
One day, a Republican operative offers $100 to anyone who'll punch me in the nose.The next day, I get a death threat.After Fox News spewed its usual clownish hatred about me yesterday, my office...
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