From the New York Times:
WICHITA, Kan. —It took jurors 37 minutes on Friday to convict Scott Roeder, an abortion opponent, of first-degree murder in the death of George R. Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country to perform late-term abortions.
For the record, Roeder got the verdict he earned.
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For the record, Roeder got the verdict he asked for. So now it’s baby killers 47 million, Tiller killer 1.
Henry David Thoreau said, in Civil Disobedience, that one may take an action he feels he morally bound to take, and do so legitimately, but if that action is against the law, he must accept the legal consequences of that action. I assume that Mr Roeder was hoping for either conviction on a lesser charge — his attorney was trying to make a case for voluntary manslaughter, but the circumstances of the event itself made such a case a bit of a stretch — or jury nullification, but it didn’t work.
How Tiller could kill babies and live with himself is beyond me. But, two wrongs do not make a right. I would never have served on that jury though. I’ve been called for a murder case and got out of it because I told the judge that I would never want to be responsible for putting someone to death.
My mother (bless her heart) won’t serve on any juries because she can’t send anyone (anyone at all) to jail. I won’t find myself on a murder case because I believe Murder1/Murder2/Man1/Man2 are all murder and the convicted must die. And “hate crime” legislation is evil, period.
Well, I can’t serve on a jury just because my hearing is so bad!
Mr Pico, you could get hearing aids.
But you couldn’t serve on a Murder1 jury because you foolishly put the death penalty off the table from the outset. 
Well, he was shot in a church, which had me wondering at the time what sort of church would have a radical abortionist as a member, indeed, I think he was an usher.
The Catholic Church would have long ago given him the boot.
Eric: I’m Catholic and was very surprised at all the Catholics who voted for Obama. What about the president of Notre Dame? Falling all over him. Yes, the Catholic church is against abortion but, evidently, many people who attend Catholic church are not.
Mr Hitchcock wrote:
I have them, and they help, but they’re not perfect.
Well, there were a great many Catholics who opposed that appearance, including some in the Church heirachy. There was a petition against it, signed by many thousands.
Still, I suppose it’s hard to turn down the president of the United States, plus I guess they looked at the totality of his office, and not just a single issue, namely, his position on abortion.
Henry David Thoreau said, in Civil Disobedience, that one may take an action he feels he morally bound to take, and do so legitimately, but if that action is against the law, he must accept the legal consequences of that action. >dp
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It reads well in English lit, but “legitimately” is synonymous with “lawfully” — so, it doesn’t make sense; you can’t lawfully do something while knowing it to be unlawful.