Killer of Kansas abortion doctor disciplined in prison for comments

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Killer of Kansas abortion doctor disciplined in prison for comments
Source: Reuters - Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:41 PM

By Kevin Murphy

KANSAS CITY, Kan., June 6 (Reuters) - The man imprisoned for killing Kansas late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller will be penalized for trying to intimidate a woman who reopened Tiller's clinic, a state official said Thursday.

Scott Roeder will spend 45 days alone in his cell for 23 hours a day, with one hour in the prison yard for exercise, and will have reduced privileges for another 60 days, Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay said.

An administrator made the decision following a hearing for Roeder this week, Barclay said

Roeder, serving a life sentence for shooting Tiller to death at a church in 2009, said in an April YouTube telephone interview with Iowa abortion opponent Dave Leach that reopening the clinic was "a shame and a disgrace" and risky for the new operator.

"To walk in there and reopen a clinic, a murder mill where a man was stopped, is almost like putting a target on your back saying, 'Well, let's see if you can shoot me,'" Roeder said in the interview.


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[Sivafae]

1. I find this man diabolical. I however do not approve of his punishment. nt

[hlthe2b]

4. I too find the man diabolical.. but his punishment should have been far more severe...

Given the circumstances, he should have NO right to continue to influence others nor push his agenda in any manner whatsoever.

[Blue_Tires]

14. +1

That's SOP for extremist fringe groups with cult followings...Keep making these loaded public statements and feign shock when one of the followers employs a second amendment solution...

[Swede Atlanta]

5. Prison inmates should be subject to severe limitations....

on their external communications (i.e. outside the prison).

They still have constitutional rights but those rights can be limited, at least for the period of their incarceration.

They should absolutely have the ability to communicate with family, friends, spiritual leaders, etc. for the purpose of their own personal reasons.

They should be absolutely prohibited from engaging in any communication (and their contacts on the outside should be also expressly prohibited in facilitating) that extends beyond very narrow personal relations. They should not have any ability to communicate religious, political or other views to anyone other than the immediate "listener".

Any violation should be subject to at a minimum of his punishment. He should by now realize that, despite his personal beliefs, society condemns his actions. if he wasn't stupid he should also understand that any attempt to perpetrate those ideas and/or engage in threats or harm to another will be dealt severely.

Personally I think his punishment should have gone for a minimum of 6 months of 23 hours a day in his cell.

[tblue]

8. Normally I'd agree

but when he makes implied threats or encourages someone to murder somebody, I think something has to be done to get his attention.

[Demoiselle]

2. I didn't know prison inmates could make public statements!!

Isn't the point of imprisonment to cut off the perp's contact with the world? (I know that there's such a thing as visiting rights, but incendiary stupid statement rights? Really? Arrrrgh.)

[OnyxCollie]

3. Eric Rudolph did the same thing.

POS, both of them.

[Rowdyboy]

6. Stunning that he would be allowed press access....What a shitstain

[LittleGirl]

7. sickening.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Live long, Scott Roeder

Live very long.

[Archae]

10. Roeder is "martyring" himself for his "cause."

Roeder doesn't give a damn about babies.

He wants power. Power to dictate to women what they can and can't do.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

15. Maybe he can give orders to imaginary women in solitary confinement

That's about what he's down to now.

[fasttense]

11. Wow, threatening to murder more people who don't bow down to his god

These terrorist should not be allowed to communicate threats to anyone. It's amazing, if he had darker skin, I bet he would never have gotten away with it.

"Don't have abortions because my god says life begins when a sperm hits an egg. Otherwise, me and my fellow terrorists will murder any doctor or nurse that's in our way."

[ck4829]

12. "Oh no, my terrorist act might have been in vain if people aren't terrorized!!!1!"

[Jim Lane]

13. I immediately thought of Lynne Stewart.

She's the defense lawyer for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (WTC bombing defendant), who was herself jailed for a 10-year term on a charge of helping get out a press release from her imprisoned client. Now, as Chris Hedges has reported, "all messages to her and from her (are) being vetted by prison authorities." See this DU thread from April.

Meanwhile, an actual murderer who's in prison has complete liberty to communicate threats and incitements to additional murders.

[Doctor_J]

16. WTF is a murderer giving "youtube interviews"???

he should be keeping house for Vern Schillinger instead of becoming an internet personality