Judge Bars Voluntary Manslaughter Defense, Defendant Testifies In Tiller Murder Trial

[The Pope]

On trial for first-degree murder for the shooting of abortion provider George Tiller, defendant Scott Roeder admitted on the witness stand Thursday to purchasing a gun, taking target practice, studying the doctor's schedule and, ultimately, fatally shooting him in his Kansas church on May 31, 2009, the New York Times reports. "I did what I thought was needed to be done to protect the children...

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