{"id":48,"date":"2010-04-02T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T12:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/tillers-killer-gets-life-in-prison-for-gunning-abortion-doctor-down-in-church.html"},"modified":"2010-04-02T12:26:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T12:26:30","slug":"tillers-killer-gets-life-in-prison-for-gunning-abortion-doctor-down-in-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/tillers-killer-gets-life-in-prison-for-gunning-abortion-doctor-down-in-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Tiller&#8217;s Killer Gets Life in Prison for Gunning Abortion Doctor Down in Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Christian extremist who murdered George Tiller, a doctor who had&nbsp;performed late-term abortions in Kansas, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/2009\/06\/scott-roeder-portrait-of-a-zea.html\">Scott Roeder<\/a>, 52, shot the 67-year-old physician during a Sunday service at Tiller&#8217;s church last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/CRIME\/04\/01\/kansas.abortion.roeder.sentence\/?hpt=C1\">CNN reported that <\/a>before his sentencing, Roeder blasted Tiller, quoted the Bible at length and argued the slaying was justified because he was protecting the unborn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-roeder-sentencing2-2010apr02,0,6742283.story\">&#8220;The blood of babies is on your hands!&#8221; Roeder yelled at prosecutors as bailiffs led him from the courtroom.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tiller&#8217;s family <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2009\/jun\/10\/nation\/na-tiller10\">decided to close his clinic last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christian extremist who murdered George Tiller, a doctor who had&nbsp;performed late-term abortions in Kansas, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. 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