Can someone explain to me how killing an abortion provider is less of a crime than killing any one else? The courts in Kansas are going to let this man argue a case of killing to prevent the death of unborn children. He doesn't deny killing Dr Tiller, he just thinks it was OK. he wants to present that argument to a jury and it seems that a Judge has ruled that it is a defense. There are times when I side on the role of mercy in our legal System and times I side on Justice. I am afraid that this is one of those Justice times. Either you are willing to do something and stand up and admit you did it or you are just another coward. In this case, I find killing a man in his church such a reprehensible act that I would apply the Mad Dog law. If more than one person saw you do it, they should take you out behind the Jail and shoot you. To now want to argue for Jury Nullification because it was a good thing is just not right.
We have free speech in this country for a reason. That is to redress the evils we find that have made it into our laws. Had this guy stood out in front of the Abortion Clinic, our court houses and Congress to oppose abortion, I would fully understand. He is allowed to keep weapons to Help defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We are not allowed to keep our weapons to kill people doing what the Law says they can.
It is not consistent with my thinking that you can kill a human being with a hand gun and not be found responsible. The same sense that makes people feel strongly about abortion should kick in when it comes to the Premeditated Murder of another. To do it in his church is just beyond the scope of all I find right.
MUD
If any of the people on the jury are as nuts as this guy (and I bet some of them are), then he has a good chance of being acquitted.
ReplyDeleteAmen to all but the mad dog law. As frustrated as I often am with our government and our justice system, there are too many people in this world who are convinced they are absolutely 100% right and who I think are absolutely 100% certifiable for me to place power in the hands of vigilantes.
ReplyDeleteFersher - I fear that the Jury will have one or two hold outs and make it impossible for this guy to get a trail that will hold up.
ReplyDeleteJenni - Yes, it seems extreme to want a mad Dog law when in this case, Roeder thinks he applied that law. It was that Dr. Tiller was killed in his church that upsets me.
MUD
In a way roeder is accepting personal responsibility. However, he is seeking to have it legitimized in the court of public opinion as well as the Sedgwick County Court.
ReplyDeleteWhether or not he thought he was "protecting the unborn" or not, it was premeditated murder and nothing else. The judge has opened a can of worms in allowing this defense. Because lawyers and defense lawyers in particular are as shady and low life as they come.
ORPO - Yes, I think the can of worms has been opened and our legal system will be tested way beyond normal. A true hero for his cause would have put up his hands and stayed there until the Police arrived. MUD
ReplyDeleteI agree. To let him defend killing someone as acceptable because he doesn't agree with the abotion laws is ludacris. They are condoning killing someone because "you" can justify it when our laws cannot. If he really wanted to stop leagal abortions there are several legal ways to do it. He is using his cause as an excuse to murder someone. What's next? A serial killer claiming that he should get off because all the people he murdered were for "a good cause"?!
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