I was watching this one closely, obviously. I was expecting one hell of an ugly circus, but the judge in this case did a terrific job. He made absolutely sure that the trial would NOT become a referendum on abortion, which of course is exactly what Roeder was hoping would happen.
Instead, he heard arguments from both sides, decided correctly that he could not tell the jury to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter, the facts were presented, they were undisputed, 37 minute deliberation, done. Couldn't have gone better. Kudos to the judge and the prosecutors, who dotted all their i's and crossed all their t's on this one. I'm also relieved that the jury did what it had to do....I was a touch worried that an abortion nut job would make it on the jury and deadlock it.......only takes one after all. On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wanted to comment on this earlier, but am too slammed. > > 40 minutes. Nice. > > It is nice to know that a crazy murdering nutjob is still a crazy murdering > nutjob, even in Kansas. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/28/kansas.abortion.roeder.verdict/index.html?hpt=T2 > > > > Activist Roeder convicted of abortion provider's murder > > STORY HIGHLIGHTS > > > > * Scott Roeder convicted of first-degree murder > > * Jury reaches verdict after about 40 minutes of deliberation > > * Roeder testified he does not regret killing Dr. George Tiller > > * Tiller ran a women's clinic where he performed abortions in > > Wichita, Kansas > > > > (CNN) -- A Kansas jury deliberated just 37 minutes before convicting > > an anti-abortion activist of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting > > of an abortion provider. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
