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Roeder guilty of ELCA doctor’s murder

Dr. George Tiller was fatally gunned down last May at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas.

Today, a jury found confessed killer Scott Roeder guilty of the crime after about a half hour’s deliberation.

Here are several news reports:

The American Prospect: “Because it’s murder”
Newsweek: “What the Roeder guilty verdict means for abortion providers”
Los Angeles Times: “Scott Roeder convicted of murdering Lutheran doctor”
*National Public Radio: “Jury convicts Roeder in 37 minutes”
*New York Times: “Jury to hear closing arguments”
*Wichita Eagle (Kan.):“Roeder testifies that he ate lunch after killing Dr. Tiller”
*BBC: “Scott Roeder says he shot Dr. Tiller ‘to save lives’”
*National Public Radio: “Dangerous parallels in murder trial”
*Ozarks First (Mo.): “Scott Roeder says he has no regrets in killing Dr. George Tiller”

Resources:
ELCA teaching on abortion
Parents of Murdered Children

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