Sedgwick County, Kan., District Judge Warren Wilbert on Tuesday dismissed prosecutors' objections to a possible voluntary manslaughter defense in the trial of Scott Roeder, the man charged with fatally shooting abortion provider George Tiller, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Hegeman, AP/Houston Chronicle, 1/13). Wilbert on Tuesday said that after the defense rests its case, he will decide if the evidence will suffice to instruct jurors that they can consider the option of voluntary manslaughter (Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1/12)...
More...
More...