with. but it also sent a message to women and girls in kansas. if you tried to get an abortion here, you could be the subject of an investigation by the state attorney general. this guy will get his hands on your personal medical records, all of them. cline ultimately got his license to practice law yanked by the state of kansas for misconduct in his pursuit of dr. tiller. all of his efforts against tiller ultimately yielded a misdemeanor case brought by cline s successor. on march 27th, 2009 following years of investigations, after four days of testimony, it took jurors 25 minutes to clear george tiller of all charges. but two months later, dr. tiller was dead. tiller s murderer had been sitting in that room watching the system exonerate george tiller. you can see him here sitting next to the president of operation rescue. two months later he would walk
tiller was very close to retirement. his abortion clinic was closing very soon. on march 27th, 2009, the jury in the case of the state of kansas versus george tiller leaves the courtroom to deliberate. they quickly return with a verdict. we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant not guilty of illegal abortion as alleged in count 1. and he was acquitted, as somebody said, in less time than it takes to eat a ham sandwich. the jury came right back and said not guilty on all charges. it was a big load off of his shoulders, oh, yeah. i think for the anti-abortion people, it was a huge disappointment. we were so close to having tiller lose his license. i wanted to beat him. scott roeder is not a member of operation rescue, but he attends the trial nearly every day. here he s seen sitting beside operation rescue president troy newman. when the trial concludes, roeder is devastateded by the verdict. there s no question that
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filed indictments. i think it was clear he was getting close to retirement. on march 27th, 2009, the jury in the state of kansas versus george tiller leaves the courtroom to deliberate. they quickly return with a verdict. we the jury find the defendant not guilty of illegal abortion as alleged in count one. he was acquitted as somebody said in less time than it takes to eat a ham sandwich. the jury said not guilty on all charges. it was a big load off of his shoulders. oh, yeah. i think for the anti-abortion people it was a huge disappointment. we were so close to having tiller lose his license. i wanted to beat him. scott roeder is not a member of operation rescue but he attended the trial nearly every day. he is seen beside operation rescue president troy newman. when the trial conclude, roeder is devastated by the verdict. there s no question that tiller s acquittal of those 19
on march 27th, 2009, after a long battle against the state of kansas, dr. george tiller is found not guilty of all charges connected to his medical practice. the defendant not guilty of illegal abortion as alleged in count one. though a jury aquits him in less than an hour, the victory is short lived. he s immediately notified of another impending investigation. this time by the top medical authority in the state, the kansas board of healing arts, on the exact same charges. why? because one of the operation rescue people lodged a complaint on the same charges. he didn t even have time to enjoy the fact that he had finally won. and then another blow. he was just it was just never going to end. though this is a positive