Murder is murder, true, but there are varying degrees of murder and they carry different punishments, which do vary from state to state. All Roeder had was a lousy public defender and no opportunity to use his motive in his defense. By contrast, KSM will have the finest defense team in the world and will be allowed to spew ad nauseam ad infinitum.
Let’s not forget that, but for Killer Kathleen Sibelius and her being so beholden to the abortion industry, Roeder would not have felt the need to act. Tiller and his band of murderers of innocents would have been successfully prosecuted. Further, the people of KS should be ashamed of themselves for letting Tiller operate in their state and for electing somebody who not only allowed it but encouraged his “work.”
I view Roeder as a martyr who went about his task very stupidly. It was the act of a desperate man.
I’m glad Tiller is dead and I’m glad he died violently. He was a monster, and I don’t give a damn about his family. If my father or husband was an aborter of living children, I would have severed all contact with him and abandoned him years and years ago.
Ditto
Roeder testified on his behalf. It didn't help that he repeatedly admitted to shooting Tiller, and that he'd gone to the church twice before to kill Tiller, but that he hadn't shown up. He did give his motives and his attorney repeated them during closing arguments. What the judge refused to allow was for the jury to consider manslaughter. It was either convict for murder or let him go.