One can no more justify the murder of the murderer, Tiller, than justify the murder of a killer during a perp walk. Both acts usurp due process of the law. Deploring Tiller’s murder is not the same as mourning his death.
One can justify it. The question is whether or not we accept the justification that is made.
I would be amenable to his killing, if it had been by a family member just as the doctor was preparing to murder one of their relatives.
As it stands, I have trouble with his killing while at church. Even in the ELCA, there’s the possibility there that he could have heard the word of God and repented of this heinous sin.
In fact, the killing being in a church makes me wonder about what truly motivated his killer. There’s something about it being in a church that makes me suspicious about any Christian sentiments that might be expressed by his killer. It’s almost as if staged.
Make no mistake, though, I do consider Tiller a murderer.
What law? Whose law? When the law is immoral do you obey it?