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Kansas Man Shoots Doctor in Cold Blood
The New York Times reports on the trial of Scott Roeder, the man who, in cold blood, shot Dr George R Tiller – and felt “a sense of relief” once the job was done. Dr Tiller, of course, performed abortions – and so Roeder acted as if it was his duty to save the babies. Roeder stated in-trial that he “did what [he] thought was needed to be done to protect the children.” According to the Times, this trial has turned into exactly what the acting Judge didn’t want it to be – a trial over the issue of abortion. Now, a difficult issue is faced by the judge and jury; this is a precedent-setting case. If Roeder receives a conviction for anything less than first degree murder – if his strong beliefs about the morality of abortion and foetal rights have him given a lesser sentence – it could, feasibly, start a chain of similar crimes.
Mr. Roeder has pleaded not guilty to murder, but defense lawyers had argued that his beliefs about abortion might warrant a voluntary manslaughter conviction if jurors concluded that Mr. Roeder possessed, as Kansas law defines it, “an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified deadly force.”
January 29th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
here in Guatemala, a lot of the people i know think that the problem of delinquency could be solved by killing all thieves, even catholics think that way. the degree of insecurity one lives here is outrageous but I believe planned parenthood is the way to go here.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
i know. when i heard about this voluntary manslaughter bs i was sooo upset. kansas has a long history of being pro-life, anti-gay and racist. there are certain states that i won’t even drive through and kansas is one of them.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
guilty of murder: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35145293/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts
January 30th, 2010 at 7:37 am
imo the “pro-life” terminology is part of a right wing language game that they are skilled at. Framing the argument through the use of language.
Imo its best simply to call them anti-choice rather than pro-life, which effectively beats them at their own language game and shows them as fanatics rather than as saints.
January 30th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
@kairos – i agree – i like the term “anti-choice” – because that’s the truth of it.
January 31st, 2010 at 10:50 am
agreed. i guess i’m saying it, sarcastically, in my own head. i’ll practice willful affirmation by using anti-choice in my written communication. it’s so hard to hear inflected tone on the internet.
February 1st, 2010 at 1:08 am
someday life will be like minority report.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:04 am
Haven’t seen the film, but good short story by an excellent writer.