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[verdict video] Scott Roeder found guilty, 1st degree premeditated murder in Tiller case


From RH Reality Check:

The jury, who had listened to 5 days of testimony, took less than an hour of deliberation once closing remarks were made.

Yesterday, the jury was informed that they would not be ruling on a charge of voluntary manslaughter, a fear many pro-choice advocates expressed, as the sentencing could be as little as 5 years. Because of Roeder’s premeditated action and the fact that there was no immediate threat against him, Judge Warren Wilbert instead ruled that Roeder must be found either guilty or innocent on the charge of first degree murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller…

…In Roeder’s own testimony yesterday he repeated the fact that he did commit the murder of Dr. Tiller, as well as recite the steps that he took prior to the act, with plans that went all of the way back to 1993. He also stated that he did not regret his actions.

The prosecuting team has announced its intention to go for a “hard 50″ during the sentencing process…[which requires] that the convicted murderer be required to serve a minimum of 50 years in prison before even a possibility of parole.

Sentencing will be March 9th.

More from the Kansas City Star and read the Twitter stream of Ron Sylvester, a reporter of the Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com, who tweeted the trial.

Statement of the Tiller Family

Video of the verdict (there are multiple other videos there from the trial)

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:41 pm January 29th, 2010 in Abortion, Crime, Law, Media, Religion, Social Issues 

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