about these abortions occurred after the 24-week maximum period under pennsylvania law, and there s very little dispute he did not counsel the recipients of abortions as state law requires. those are the lesser charges. the lottery contested ones are the first degree murder and the third degree murder, the involuntary manslaughter, and the operating a racketeering venture, which is what he is also charged with which, if he is found guilty on, will bankrupt him because the government is entitled to seek treble damages for that. three times the amount of money he earn from the abortions, he would owe in fines. gosnell declined to testify in his defense, or even call witnesses at this capital murder trial. instead his attorney, guy named jack mcmahan, offered a passion not, often angry defense of his client, blaming the intense media interest in the case and the prosecution for creating what he called a tremendous rush to judgment, quoting here, never in my life have i seen the presumpt
innocence more trampled on, stomped on, than in this case. mcmahon said, arguing that to the overdose death of the women in the clinic was a, quote, tragic accident and there was no scientific evidence that this 72-year-old man killed babies after they were born alive. that s a matter of contention in the courtroom. but the assistant district attorney, a guy named ed cameron in his closing argument told the story about his sick dog to the veterinarian to be put down with a shot to endues sleep first, and he said, coast, these babies didn t even get that. quote, my dog was treated better than he treated babies and women, according to cameron, the prosecutor. and that is because he didn t care. the prosecutor went on, he created an assembly line with no regard for these women whatsoever. the judge reminded the jurors of the the members of the jury to ignore portions of the emotional closing argument, including the charges of racism. quote, i attribute that to the