Posted on 11/09/2009 1:03:03 PM PST by Former Military Chick
WICHITA | Scott Roeder has confessed to the shooting of a Kansas abortion provider.
The 51-year-old Kansas City man told The Associated Press in a telephone call from jail Monday that he plans to use the so-called necessity defense at his trial.
Roeder contends the killing of George Tiller in May at a Wichita church was justified to protect the lives of unborn children.
His confession comes as abortion opponents across the nation release a new “Defensive Action Statement” arguing for the same force to protect the unborn as is justified to protect born children. The 21 signers want jurors to be allowed to consider that defense at Roeder’s Jan. 11 trial.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Will he claim he was under “stress” or that he was “picked on?”
(sarcasm)
His motives remain so mysterious. I wonder if he caught secondary PTSD from soldiers, or maybe he was called a rude name by somebody once.
Killing the unborn is horrible as well and needs to change.
I know this may be controversial, but I believe that his actions have already saved numerous lives.
While I am personally opposed to killing abortion doctors, I don’t think it is right to impose my beliefs on others.
May Tiller the Butcher find rest by the fire.
Eric Rudolph supports this guy. Rudolph bombed the Atlanta Olympics.
Well, I am sure this is about his legal defense, but, I do find it interesting that the folks who have killed on behalf of the life of the unborn child have a way into the discussion.
This country is moving towards “life” it is slow but it is finally realizing that the unborn are in fact innocent and should be protected.
Just a case of Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
“Rudolph bombed the Atlanta Olympics”
Haven’t there been a couple of such “bombs” in NY planted by leftists over the last 24 months and they have attracted virtually ZERO attention.
They have been treated like “oh well, just little bombs, no real harm done”.
The left will rush to condemn him and call it Christofascism. They will demand investigations on anyone who belongs to Christianity and/or goes to Church on Sunday. All Christian preachers and ministers will be investigated for inciting members to murder.
Meanwhile, the left will give a free pass to all members of a middle eastern death cult who go to indoctrination meetings on Friday. All cult leaders who tell their congregations that Christians and Jews are pigs and dogs will get a free exemption from prosecution.
Can you imagine the controversy of a hung jury in which one holdout refuses to convict him? The questioning of potential jurors should be interesting.
That’s not just a defense but the reason ... he didn’t kill Tiller to punish him but to STOP him.
No controversy. Just a statement of fact.
Wow, what timing!
Are they attempting to compare the assassinations of the soldiers to Tiller’s?
Well said.
That is actually an excellent point, that I had not considered, as a current Kansas resident Roeder hasn’t been in the news of late, so I will watch what the coverage is tonight and whether your point is addressed.
Yes, he did do the bombing, but, he also first went after abortion clinics, what moved him to the Atlanta Olympic bombing hasn’t been stated but he felt abortion docs were wrong and bombed their buildings. Again, both are wrong, but why he moved to Atlanta I have not heard a clear reason.
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