Scott Roeder found guilty of murder

This is the only verdict that was possible. The defense of "necessity" was correctly excluded by the judge prior to the trial.

There's a lot of misinformed comment on the web now -- such as here Bruce Maiman "Populist" blog where he asks if Roeder should be executed.

Roeder cannot be executed

Roeder cannot be sentenced to the death penalty, even though Kansas has a law providing for lethal injection. The murder of Tiller was not committed in the special circumstances. However, there are seven on Kansas' death row.

Pro-life groups did not support a verdict of not guilty

Another problem with discussion of the verdict on the web is the unsupported claim that pro-life groups desired a verdict of non-guilty. Catholic groups did not. Operation Rescue did not. Even Randall Terry doesn't condemn the verdict only the rhetoric from pro-life groups which he feels undermine the pro-life cause.