Post by Logan on Apr 8, 2016 3:46:52 GMT -6
Scott Roeder, who killed physician George Tiller, is back in court
More than a year after the Kansas Supreme Court vacated his Hard 50 prison term, it remains unclear when the man who killed George Tiller will be resentenced.
Scott Roeder and his defense attorneys were in a Sedgwick County courtroom on Wednesday, arguing motions for the second time in preparation for the new sentencing hearing ordered in connection with the May 31, 2009, fatal shooting inside the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita.
Roeder, who maintains he shot Tiller in defense of unborn children, will receive life in prison for his first-degree premeditated murder conviction. Tiller performed abortions at his east Wichita clinic.
What’s at issue is the length of Roeder’s incarceration before he’s eligible for parole: 25 or 50 years.
Read more: www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article70287142.html
More than a year after the Kansas Supreme Court vacated his Hard 50 prison term, it remains unclear when the man who killed George Tiller will be resentenced.
Scott Roeder and his defense attorneys were in a Sedgwick County courtroom on Wednesday, arguing motions for the second time in preparation for the new sentencing hearing ordered in connection with the May 31, 2009, fatal shooting inside the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita.
Roeder, who maintains he shot Tiller in defense of unborn children, will receive life in prison for his first-degree premeditated murder conviction. Tiller performed abortions at his east Wichita clinic.
What’s at issue is the length of Roeder’s incarceration before he’s eligible for parole: 25 or 50 years.
Read more: www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article70287142.html