I don't see what differences witnesses would make to his defense. He's admitted killing the guy. His defense is that Tiller deserved it. Since Tiller was performing a completely legal, highly needed, service that argument falls flat on its face regardless of how many loonie radical anti-choicers you bring in to whine about the "babies".
Scott Roeder, admitted killer of Dr. George Tiller, took the stand today, the only witness for the defense after the judge refused to allow former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline to testify on Roeder's behalf. Kline was expected to testify that he had gathered evidence that Dr. Tiller was performing illegal abortions, even though Dr. Tiller was tried and acquitted of all such charges.
Figures that that ass would try to get Roeder off for murder. All he cares about is his ideological hatred. He tried, and failed, for years to make any charge stick to Tiller. I'm sure he danced a merry jig when he found out Tiller was dead. It disgusts me that there are people like this out there, who are supposed to be enforcing the laws and taking care of the people, who instead try to enforce their hateful "morals" on an unwilling populace.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/28/kan
It's not surprising that this was the verdict, or that it came down so quickly. Roeder's absurd defense couldn't even gain traction in Kansas.
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