the man that went on to shoot him at point blank range in his church, this man, scott roeder, would first pay more than two dozen visits to shelly shannon while she was in prison. scott roeder told amanda robb, a reporter, that it was at this time that he grew close to the woman that tried to kill dr. tiller that he began to think of killing the doctor himself. in march of 2009, it was dr. tiller who was the one on trial. he faced 19 misdemeanor criminal charges, alleging he had an improper relationship, improper financial relationship with a doctor that provided the second opinions required by law on late term abortions. scott roeder attended that trial several times. after deliberating after less than an hour, the jury returned with not guilty verdicts on all 19 counts, scott roeder was devastated. he said that outcome, his acquittal on the 19 misdemeanor charges in spring of 2009, he has said that was part of what pushed him to murder the doctor two years later.
he returned to work the next day. the man that would ultimately kill dr. tiller 16 years later, the man that went on to shoot him at point blank range in his church, this man, scott roeder, would first pay more than two dozen visits to shelly shannon while she was in prison. scott roeder told them it was at this time he grew close to the woman that tried to kill dr. tiller that he began to think of killing the doctor himself. in march of 2009, it was dr. tiller who was the one on trial. he faced 19 misdemeanor criminal charges, alleging he had an improper relationship, improper financial relationship with a doctor that provided the second opinions required by law on late term abortions. scott roeder attended that trial several times. after deliberating after less than an hour, the jury returned with not guilty verdicts on all 19 counts, scott roeder was devastated. he said that outcome, his acquittal on the 19 misdemeanor