Jury: Kan. abortion doctor murder suspect guilty
Scott Roeder testifies in his own defense during his first-degree murder trial in Wichita, Kansas. Roeder admitted under oath that he shot Dr. George Tiller inside Tiller's church on May 31, 2009. (Jan. 28, 2010) Credit: MCT
Jurors have found a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider guilty.
It took the jury just 37 minutes Friday to reach the verdict in confessed killer Scott Roeder’s trial. It was to be read late Friday morning.
Roeder has said he shot Dr. George Tiller on May 31 to protect unborn children.
His lawyers on Thursday failed to make a case for a lesser
charge of voluntary manslaughter. The judge also refused to allow
the jury to consider a second-degree murder conviction.
If convicted of first-degree murder, the 51-year-old faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
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