Topic: Scott Roeder
AP Features | 2010-01-30 19:48:06
<div><p>Those living on the virulent edge of the anti-abortion movement pinned their hopes on the man convicted of killing Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. physicians to offer late-term abortions.</p><p>Testifying in his own defense, Scott Roeder insisted he had committed a justified act for ...
AP Features | 2010-01-29 22:30:02
<div><p>Scott Roeder had no intention of apologizing for gunning down one of the only doctors in the nation who offered late-term abortions. He certainly wouldn't show remorse.</p><p>His lawyers knew they had only one option for Roeder, who was relentlessly open about how he planned to kill ...
AP Features | 2010-01-29 22:15:21
<div><p>A jury took just 37 minutes Friday to convict an anti-abortion activist of murder for putting a gun to the head of abortion doctor George Tiller and pulling the trigger in the foyer of a church.</p><p>Attorneys for Scott Roeder had hoped to argue for a lesser conviction ...
Reuters US Online Report Top News | 2010-01-29 20:25:54
<div><p>KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - An anti-abortion activist who admitted he gunned down one of America's few late-term abortion providers was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday after he testified he had to stop the doctor from performing more abortions.</p><p>Scott Roeder, 51, was convicted of first-degree murder and ...
