Tiller murders thousands of infants ~ His killer gets up to 50 year's  

What a relief after hearing of the possibility of a cold-blooded, premeditated murderer getting off with "voluntary manslaughter"! It's clear the jurors took their duty very seriously, thank God, and it sure didn't take them long to come back with their verdict, the ONLY verdict they could have come to. I sure hope there's NO chance this man will ever be free again.

What a terrible message could have been sent had this killer gotten off with a slap on the wrist. That would no doubt have put the lives of more doctors, who are doing something that IS legal in this country, not to mention totally innocent clinic and office workers and innocent by-standers even in a CHURCH in worse danger.

The judge in this case had said from the beginning the trial was not going to be about abortion. I respect that immensely because it was about one thing and one thing only - cold-blooded murder.

Annie

looks like you almost approve of murder here rose. i hope i am wrong but remember life does not begin at conception and end at birth. murdering an adult is also wrong.

The law of the land is the law of the land - in whichever country you find yourself.

It applies to all the citizenry there, whether they like it or not.

If this Tiller character had broken the law, then there were law enforcement officials who should have taken him into custody, and he should have been tried in a court of law.

If found guilty, then his murders would have been exposed for what they were, and he would have served the appropriate sentence. If found not guilty, then we would have to assume that he was, in the eyes of the law, not guilty.

If he had broken the law, but law enforcement officials did not choose to arrest him, then citizens should have taken it upon themselves to apply pressure until law enforcement did its job.

The one thing that cannot be allowed to come into play is that vigilantes decide for themselves what the law should be (whether it is or not), and apply justice themselves outside the existing justice system. If they are allowed to do so, then other vigilantes, holding alternative views, may come along and apply their version of justice.

After that, there would be no law and order to apply. The axiom of being equal before the law would simply no longer apply, and chaos would become the order of the day.

"Thou shalt not kill" applies to everyone. How about "Judge not, lest ye be judged"? That man took it on himself to become judge and jury and executioner. It was wrong.

It did a lot of damage to those of us who think abortion is wrong and now we're looked on as a bunch of murderous crazies. Every person that bombs an abortion clinic, murders an abortion provider or stands on a street corner and rants about how everyone there is going to hell makes us look bad.

This man could have taken advantage of the changing public opinion and campaigned to change the law. He could have offered to support one of the children a woman would have killed. He could have done a number of constructive things to further the cause of saving these children but instead chose to break the law and set that cause back for years.

I have no sympathy for him and applaud the jury for their verdict. Perhaps he'll use his prison time to work more constructively to save these babies.

BUT it was not up to Roeder to judge the doctor, God will handle that.

I agree with the other commenters - this scumbag Roeder is nothing more than a terrorist, and he's got what he deserved (short of the death penalty, which I don't agree with). It's nice to read about a judge taking an appropriately hard line against this murderer. I hope he does the full fifty years and then drops dead of old age on the day he's released.