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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:09 PM Nov 2016

The man who killed a Kansas abortion provider has his sentence reduced

Source: LA Times/AP

The man who seven years ago ambushed and fatally shot one of the few U.S. doctors performing late-term abortions was given a more lenient sentence Wednesday of at least 25 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.

At a surprise resentencing hearing, prosecutors withdrew their request that Scott Roeder serve at least 50 years before parole eligibility. Roeder also was sentenced to an additional two years for aggravated assault for threatening two church ushers as he fled.

Roeder was convicted in January 2010 of premeditated first-degree murder for killing Dr. George Tiller. On May 31, 2009, Roeder shot Tiller in a Wichita church foyer as the doctor served as an usher.

Tiller's murder was among the most notorious acts of violence against abortion providers since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the procedure nationwide in 1973. It alarmed the abortion rights community and came as numerous conservative states, including Kansas, passed restrictions making it harder for women to obtain abortions.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-kansas-trial-20161123-story.html

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The man who killed a Kansas abortion provider has his sentence reduced (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2016 OP

Maybe Some Inmate In Prison Will Give Him The Death Penalty. TheMastersNemesis Nov 2016 #1

If only! smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #11

Gotta Love that White Kansas Justice Cryptoad Nov 2016 #2

This was due to a Supreme Court ruling missingthebigdog Nov 2016 #3

i hope it is painful dembotoz Nov 2016 #4

Help me understand that. missingthebigdog Nov 2016 #5

I agree with you... SkyDaddy7 Nov 2016 #6

The murderer has, however, caused a lot of pain to women who had their Ilsa Nov 2016 #9

It will be open season soon HAB911 Nov 2016 #7

Who would Jesus kill? sarcasmo Nov 2016 #8

Welcome pressbox69 Nov 2016 #10

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

1. Maybe Some Inmate In Prison Will Give Him The Death Penalty.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:11 PM

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

11. If only!

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 27, 2016, 02:02 PM

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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

2. Gotta Love that White Kansas Justice

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:35 PM

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missingthebigdog

(1,233 posts)

3. This was due to a Supreme Court ruling

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:47 PM

Nov 2016

From the linked article:

Roeder's original life sentence with no chance of parole for 50 years was among many vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that juries, not judges, must decide whether to increase punishment.

This was a deal made to prevent having to have a trial to re sentence him. He's 58. He'll die in prison with a 25 year sentence.

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

4. i hope it is painful

Reply to missingthebigdog (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 08:06 PM

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missingthebigdog

(1,233 posts)

5. Help me understand that.

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 11:28 PM

Nov 2016

How is his pain helpful to you, or to anyone?

Without question, his actions were evil, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life isolated from the rest of civil society. Why is this not enough? And where do we draw the line on what crimes deserve "painful" punishment?

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)

6. I agree with you...

Reply to missingthebigdog (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 05:43 AM

Nov 2016

Lets hope the above comment was just venting. The POS will die in prison where he belongs. We must not allow their barbarity to drag us down to their level of cruelty.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

9. The murderer has, however, caused a lot of pain to women who had their

Reply to missingthebigdog (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 04:19 PM

Nov 2016

Procedures cancelled or delayed. I can identify with and appreciate the sentiment, even though his misery doesn't improve my life. I hope he lives a miserable life in prison for 24 years, 364 days, and then dies in any fashion the day before he's eligible to leave.