“It has been open season on unborn children for over 30 years. I think on abortionists there will be a bag limit.”
That’s the sound-bite from attorney Michael Hirsh, who represented Paul Hill (since executed) on appeal for killing a Florida abortion doctor and who may defend Scott Roeder against charges for killing Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, responding to the Florida Supreme Court’s suggestion that allowing a defendant in such cases to argue a justifiable homicide defense to the jury would be an “invitation for lawlessness.”
Much more on the prospects for such a defense from different perspectives in the AP story at the link.
My earlier thoughts on whether Roeder deserves the death penalty are here.
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