Top News: Murderer in Tiller Trial found Guilty

Some of you may remember a man by the name of George Tiller. Tiller was famous for two things in his life. The first was that he was one of the only physicians on America to perform late term abortions, a business decision that won him no good will with a majority of the nation. His second spotlight in the national media was on May 31, 2009, when he was gunned down in his local church by Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder. Roeder claimed that this act was to defend the unborn children that Dr. Tiller was going to kill. Although the trial has taken eight whole months to come to a conclusion, as of January 29^th, Scott Roeder will be facing a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of first degree murder.

Although the media has long left this case out of limelight, it is still one of the most important cases to ever cross the American Legal system. When I look at this case I have to think about what would have happened to the way the legal system is run if Roeder’s “Preemptive Attack” defense had won. If it had suddenly become okay to commit crimes in the hopes that they would stop other crimes, what kind of chaos would the legal system look like? It is also worthy to think about what kind of message this case has sent to anyone who has ever protested anything, let alone abortion. “I don’t believe in the same things you do, so I’m going to kill you.” That is the real message Scott Roeder said to the world when he killed George Tiller, but thanks to the recent actions of the court, that message has been countered.