Saturday 29 August 2009

'Justifiable Assassination'

Well, you knew this was coming.
The suspect in the killing of abortion provider George Tiller is in talks with a prominent attorney who represents anti-abortion protesters and has long advocated justifiable homicide as a legal defense in such cases.

Scott Roeder, 51, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges in the May 31 shooting death of Tiller in the foyer of his Wichita church. The Kansas City, Mo., man has refused to discuss his case, but he has told The Associated Press that Tiller's killing was justified to save "the lives of unborn children."

Roeder has court-appointed defense attorneys, but he apparently has now turned to Michael Hirsh, the lawyer who represented Paul Hill on appeal for killing a Florida abortion provider and his bodyguard in 1994. Hill was executed in 2003 after the Florida Supreme Court rejected Hirsh's argument that the judge should have allowed Hill to present to jurors his claim that the killings were justified to prevent abortions.


I just hope Mr Hirsh is as successful defending Roeder as he was with Hill.

Hirsh has a blog, by the way, for the masochistically inclined.

2 comments:

Bina said...

Heh...I, too, wish this Hirsh dude all the same success as he had with Paul Hill. Godspeed with that! May these assclowns all embarrass themselves to death.

Oemissions said...

Yeah sure.... justifiable, anytime, anywhere and especially justifiable for white guys who think they're right and righteous.Others are executed for murder.
How about he and lawyers read Dr. Tiller's reasons for performing abortions.
And bring forth statistics of abused children.Add a dash of stats on child poverty in America.And # of rapes resulting in pregnancy as well as spousal abuse.

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