Tiller

WICHITA, Kan. — An antiabortion zealot convicted of murdering a prominent Kansas abortion doctor was sentenced yesterday to life in prison and won’t be eligible for parole for 50 years — the maximum allowed by law. Scott Roeder, 52, faced a mandatory life prison term for gunning down Dr. George Tiller in the back of Tiller’s Wichita church in May. Tiller was one of the few US doctors who performed late-term abortions. Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert could have made Roeder eligible for parole after 25 years, but gave him the stronger sentence because the evidence...

WICHITA, Kan. — An antiabortion zealot convicted of murdering a prominent Kansas abortion doctor was sentenced yesterday to life in prison and won’t be eligible for parole for 50 years — the maximum allowed by law. Scott Roeder, 52, faced a mandatory life prison term for gunning down Dr. George Tiller in the back of Tiller’s Wichita church in May. Tiller was one of the few US doctors who performed late-term abortions. Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert could have made Roeder eligible for parole after 25 years, but gave him the stronger sentence because the evidence...

WICHITA, Kan. - One of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was acquitted yesterday of misdemeanor charges stemming from procedures he performed, but moments after the verdict was announced the state's medical board announced it was investigating similar allegations against him. Prosecutors had alleged that in 2003 Dr. George Tiller had gotten second opinions from a doctor who was essentially an employee of his, not from an independent source...

WICHITA, Kan. - Witnesses described the scene at a church when an abortion doctor was shot and killed, telling jurors in the trial of the man charged with murder about the popping sound before Dr. George Tiller fell to the ground and how police found him lying there. Testimony began yesterday, the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion. Scott Roeder, 51, is accused of shooting Tiller, who specialized in late-term abortions.

WICHITA, Kan. - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed yesterday in a church where he was serving as an usher. The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three hours after the shooting, Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz of the Wichita Police Department said. Although Stolz refused to release the man's name, Tom Erickson, Johnson County sheriff's spokesman, identified the detained man as Scott Roeder.

WICHITA, Kan. - Witnesses described the scene at a church when an abortion doctor was shot and killed, telling jurors in the trial of the man charged with murder about the popping sound before Dr. George Tiller fell to the ground and how police found him lying there. Testimony began yesterday, the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion. Scott Roeder, 51, is accused of shooting Tiller, who specialized in late-term abortions.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - A career night by J.T. Tiller put Missouri one win away from its first trip to the Final Four. Memphis's 27-game winning streak, meanwhile, is history. Tiller scored a career-high 23 points - 15 more than his season average - and Missouri held off Memphis's frantic rally for a 102-91 win last night in the semifinals of the West Regional. Third-seeded Missouri led by 24 points four minutes into the second half, then saw Memphis close within 6 with 2:14 to play.

It's official. James Levine's name has been taken off the Boston Symphony Orchestra's logo, his conducting chairs packed into storage closets. The post-Levine era has begun. As the BSO, which opens its new season on Friday, sets out on its search for the next music director, questions have been swirling about the process itself and what the public can expect. Conductor searches are, of course, routine in the business, but it's been a while in Boston. After Seiji Ozawa stepped down from the BSO podium in 2002, the orchestra and Levine essentially knew they wanted to work...

WICHITA, Kan. - The Wichita clinic of slain abortion provider George Tiller, one of only a handful of clinics in the country that provides third-term abortions, will be permanently closed, his family said yesterday. Operations at Women's Health Care Services Inc. had been suspended since Tiller's death last month, and the clinic's future was uncertain. In a statement released by his attorneys, Tiller's family said it will close permanently, and relatives would honor Tiller with charitable activities instead.

WICHITA, Kan. -- The Kansas attorney general, a vocal abortion opponent, charged a well-known abortion provider with illegally performing late-term abortions, but a Sedgwick County judge yesterday threw out the charges after less than a day. Judge Paul W. Clark dismissed the charges against Dr. George Tiller at the request of Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston, who said her office had not been consulted by Attorney General Phill Kline....

WICHITA, Kan. - Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed yesterday in a church where he was serving as an usher. The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three hours after the shooting, Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz of the Wichita Police Department said. Although Stolz refused to release the man's name, Tom Erickson, Johnson County sheriff's spokesman, identified the detained man as Scott Roeder.

WICHITA, Kan. - One of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was acquitted yesterday of misdemeanor charges stemming from procedures he performed, but moments after the verdict was announced the state's medical board announced it was investigating similar allegations against him. Prosecutors had alleged that in 2003 Dr. George Tiller had gotten second opinions from a doctor who was essentially an employee of his, not from an independent source...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - A career night by J.T. Tiller put Missouri one win away from its first trip to the Final Four. Memphis's 27-game winning streak, meanwhile, is history. Tiller scored a career-high 23 points - 15 more than his season average - and Missouri held off Memphis's frantic rally for a 102-91 win last night in the semifinals of the West Regional. Third-seeded Missouri led by 24 points four minutes into the second half, then saw Memphis close within 6 with 2:14 to play.

WICHITA, Kan. -- Abortion foes are invoking a seldom-used Kansas law to try to force a grand jury to investigate the case of a mentally retarded woman who died after receiving a late-term abortion. The case represents the latest skirmish over abortion in Kansas, which has become a major battleground, in part because of Dr. George Tiller, one of the few physicians in the country to perform abortions late in pregnancy. Tomorrow, abortion opponents plan to present Sedgwick County with a petition signed by nearly 7,000 residents asking a grand jury to look at the circumstances surrounding the...

WICHITA - An antiabortion activist pleaded not guilty yesterday to opening fire on late-term abortion provider George Tiller after a witness gave chilling testimony that he saw the alleged shooter point a gun at the Kansas doctor’s head before pulling the trigger. Scott Roeder, 51, is accused of threatening two ushers who tried to stop him during the May 31 shooting in the foyer of Tiller’s church. Roeder, dressed in a jacket and tie but shackled at his ankles, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges after witnesses...