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Hearing set for former chief of staff to Kline
Topeka :: KS :: USA | 2 days ago
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A former assistant attorney general has been accused of making false statements to the Kansas Supreme Court about two abortion clinics, according to an ethics complaint filed Monday. Eric Rucker, currently an assistant Jefferson County attorney, is scheduled...
Tags: Eric Rucker, Phill Kline, ethics complaint, Topeka, George Tiller, Planned Parenthood, Kansas Supreme Court, Rucker, District attorneys, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Law Crime, Abortion clinic
Abortion slaying suspect may use necessity defense
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Kan. — Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client has an "absolute right" to present a defense that argues the killing was...
Tags: necessity defense, Wichita, George Tiller, Prosecutor, Necessity, Motion, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Assassination of George Tiller, Assassinations, Law Crime, Criminal defenses, Criminal law
Prosecutors oppose new venue for Roeder's trial
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Prosecutors are opposing a change of venue for the trial of the man who has publicly admitted killing George Tiller to save "unborn children."Court documents made public Friday in the case against Scott Roeder argue defense attorneys have offered no evidence...
Tags: Wichita, Assassinations, George Tiller, Jury, Change of venue, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Legal procedure, Assassination of George Tiller, Law Crime
Abortion clinic 'bubble' law met by protests
Rockford :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility They were among about 40 anti- abortion activists who protested a new "bubble zone" ordinance Tuesday at a North Side Planned Parenthood clinic. The measure takes effect Wednesday and creates 8-foot zones around people within 50 feet of a medical facility.
Tags: Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Rockford, Legal protection of access to abortion, Planned Parenthood, George Tiller, Pro-choice, Pro-life movement, Human rights, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Abortion law, Social Issues
Obama strays into abortion crossfire
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility President Barack Obama probably never intended to do it, but his push for healthcare reform has reopened debate on one of America's most polarizing issues -- abortion. "This is a healthcare bill, not an abortion bill," Obama told ABC News Monday. But...
Tags: Barack Obama, American, U.S. Supreme Court, Wichita, Abortion, George Tiller, Pro-choice, Abortion in the United States, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Assassination of George Tiller, Assassinations, Politics, Social Issues
FBI got warning about suspect in Tiller's death
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that more than a month before Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed, it received a letter warning them about the man now charged in the case. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton says the letter warned that Scott Roeder...
Tags: Dr. George Tiller, Scott Roeder, FBI, Wichita, George Tiller, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Assassination of George Tiller, Assassinations, Law Crime, Social Issues
Lawyers want new location for Kansas abortion trial
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Lawyers for a man who has publicly admitted killing a Kansas abortion provider have asked a judge to move his trial out of Wichita, arguing potential jurors have been subject to such vast pretrial publicity that it becomes "legal fiction" to assume jurors...
Tags: Wichita, Jury, Sedgwick County, Operation Rescue, Phill Kline, Anti-abortion violence in the United States, Assassination of George Tiller, George Tiller, Law Crime, Sedgwick County Kansas, Wichita Kansas, Assassinations
'Law & Order' bases episode on George Tiller's shooting
Wichita :: KS :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Wichita Eagle A television drama loosely based on the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller is rubbing nerves on both sides of the abortion divide in Wichita. Today's episode of the NBC show "Law & Order" is plotted around the shooting of a late-term...
Tags: George Tiller
Militants contact Roeder in jail
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The list of those visiting and communicating with the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller reads like a who's who of anti-abortion militants...Several activists who once signed a declaration that defended the killing of abortion...
Tags: George Tiller, abortion provider
Tiller murder suspect blasts Operation Rescue leader
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Wichita The suspect in the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller is accusing the president of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue of cowardice...Roeder has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the May...
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