Judge ponders Roeder's 'necessity defense'

[proud2BlibKansan]

WICHITA | A judge is weighing a critical legal question in the case of a man who confessed to killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers: Can the man claim at his trial that the slaying was justified to save the lives of unborn children?

Scott Roeder, a 51-year-old Kansas City area man, is charged with one count of premeditated, first-degree murder in George Tiller's death and two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly threatening two ushers during the May 31 melee in the foyer of the doctor's Wichita church.

District Judge Warren Wilbert has yet to rule on a bevy of court filings that will set the course for the Jan. 11 trial, and will consider some of them in court Tuesday. But the documents offer a glimpse at the unfolding legal strategies in a case played out amid the rancorous debate over abortion.

Since the killing, Roeder has confessed to reporters that he shot Tiller, while his anti-abortion allies have urged Roeder to present the so-called "necessity defense" in hopes that an acquittal could turn the larger debate over abortion in their favor.

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[Warpy]

1. The judge needs to realize the state has no compelling interest

in anyone but children who have been born. That's how it's stated in the constitution and he really can't rule otherwise, unless he wants to make a legal mug of himself.

Dr. Tiller's practice adhered to both state and national law. His killer, however, did not.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Roeder is such an attention hog

I think this is more about LOOK AT ME than actually saving babies.