Posted on 05/10/2013 8:53:30 PM PDT by Morgana
Day Eight of jury deliberations in the Kermit Gosnell murder case ended yesterday without a verdict after more testimony from another witness was read back.
The jury heard the testimony of Adrienne Moton, the first of Gosnell’s former employees to testify. Moton previously pled guilty to one count of third degree murder for snipping the spinal cord of Baby D, two counts of conspiracy and one count related to corrupt organizations. Her guilty plea allows her the possibility of a lighter sentence based on her cooperation with the prosecution. She has not yet been sentenced.
Gosnell faces first degree murder for the death of Baby D, who was delivered into a toilet at his “House of Horrors” abortion clinic and was seen moving in “swimming” motions in an apparent attempt to get out of the toilet bowl. Gosnell would share culpability in the baby’s murder because Moton was told by him to do that with babies that delivered as the result of abortions.
The jury has so far requested to re-hear testimony related to Baby C and Baby D, both of which were directly murdered by Gosnell staff, indicating they may be trying to zero in on Gosnell’s role in the deaths.
The re-reading of Moton’s testimony was interrupted by a fire alarm after a blaze apparently erupted on the Fifth Floor. The emergency was soon under control and the re-reading of the testimony resumed.
It appears that the jury may be struggling with some of the other charges as well. They asked for files related to two of the 24 felony counts of illegal abortions past the 24 week limit.
In perhaps a glimpse into the emotional state of the jury, they questioned Judge Jeffery P. Minehart about the 227 counts of violating the 24-hour informed consent law. The Defense stipulated that the forms in all 227 files were signed on the same day as the abortion procedure was done. The jury asked if the files were the only evidence of those misdemeanor counts and whether they could issue one verdict for the entire lot of charges. The News Journal reported that some of the jurors appeared somewhat downcast when told they had to reach 227 separate verdicts on those counts.
“Please join us in praying for a verdict soon and for justice. The longer this goes the higher the risk of a hung jury, and that would only prolong the national agony over this horrific ordeal. May justice come swiftly!” said Troy Newman President of Operation Rescue.
The jury is, as of this writing, deliberating into their ninth day.
In other developments, Priests for Life conducted a naming ceremony yesterday for all the babies whose remains were discovered at Gosnell’s abortion clinic in an effort to restore dignity and humanity to them.
Next Tuesday, The Center for Urban Renewal and Education (C.U.R.E.) and several ministry partners will host a press conference and Legislative Briefing in Washington, DC titled, “Abortion and the Impact on Black America…Is there a Gosnell in your community?” The press conference will be held on May 14 at 9:30-11:00 am at the National Press Club. (More information)
Because you may have some pro abortion jury members, likely feminists and abortion is the most enduring “right” progressives have, they are committed to the heart and core for the “right “ to kill babies in the womb or right out of the womb, as the POTUS believes.
“If he was found not guilty of all counts, could he get his MD licese back from PA?”
I’m not from PA so I don’t know.
Just because there are women on that jury don’t be too quick to decide that they will be the ones to hang the jury. It could easily be the men. More men are just as for abortion. More men encourage and force women to have abortions. Or do I need to post more articles on this? It’s called “not wanting to pay child support” or “wanting to hide an affair” or both sometimes. Heavens look at the case from Ohio this week and the forced abortions that man did on Amanda Berry alone. I think the count on that is up to 5. Then there are two other women he did abortions on. Mind you he DID those abortions himself, so what does that tell you?
We have the death penalty, he will sit there and watch his tv and eat icecream and become another mummia abul jamal, the “cop killer”. He will get support from the leftists and the media will defend him. just like how coors gave money to the cop killer.
They still have to do a Yay or Nay on all the counts, has there been a time in recent memory that one jury had to go through more than 200 counts?
I am just praying that they are dotting every I, crossing every T.
I can’t read or watch any more of this trial without completely choking up. I also read on one of a Freeper’s “About” page. He had two poems about the unborn that drove me to tears.
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