I’d convict him. I’d be a hypocrite if I claimed to be pro-life but yet condoned cold-blooded murder when it suited me.
This is what the entire defense case attempts to establish. Is it Coldblooded murder, or was it a justified homicide?
If Roeder and his defense team is able to convince the jury that an unborn child, late in term, are actually people, or have attained person hood, then the jury would be bound by law to acquit the defendant on the grounds of justifiable homicide in the defense of a third party in immanent danger of death.
It is not cold blooded murder if it is justifiable homicide.
This is an interesting case. It is difficult to believe that they will not convict, however, it is not difficult to believe that many on the jury would like to acquit.