The trial of terrorist Scott Roeder for the murder of Dr. George Tiller will not be held until about January of 2010, but Roeder may already have put the last nail in his own legal coffin. In an interview with the Associated Press yesterday, Roeder admitted killing the Wichita doctor.
Roeder is taking advice from his anti-abortion terrorist buddies, and will try to plead that the killing was justified. Roeder said, "I want to make sure that the focus is, of course, obviously on the preborn children and the necessity to defend them. Defending innocent life -- that is what prompted me. It is pretty simple."
But it may be even simpler that Roeder thinks. The Kansas Supreme Court, back in 1993, has already shot down that defense. The court said this was not a defense to breaking the law. The decision was in a trespassing case, but if it's not a defense for trespassing then it can't be used to defend a murder.
Roeder's terrorist supporters, three of whom are in prison for anti-abortion activities (Eric Rudolph, James Kopp and Shelley Shannon), have submitted a statement demanding that jurors in the Roeder trial be allowed to consider "when life begins".
That is even more ridiculous. It is not the jury's job to examine the beginnings of life, or to make any kind of decision regarding abortion. The jury's job is simple. They are to decide whether Roeder shot Dr. Tiller, or not. Roeder's confession yesterday should make that decision a rather easy one.
I look forward to Roeder's conviction for murder, and I hope he gets the life sentence he so richly deserves.
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