Monday, January 11, 2010

Openning Argument

Here's Ted Olsen's Opening Argument. It is as clear and eloguent as a $750 per hour lawyer can make it.

Joe H.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know this is a different issue, but what did you think about this ruling?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9528044

This is the case about guy (Roeder) on trial for killing abortion doctor at church.
"Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert decided he would allow Roeder to build a defense case calling for a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter because he sincerely believed the May 31 slaying would save unborn children."

January 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Joe Huster said...

On that argument, Roeder should really be moving the court to allow him to plead justifiable homocide.

Here is the rub. If you believe what Roeder, and millions of other pro-lifer's profess to believe -that a fetus is a "person" with a right to life from the moment of conception - then you must conclude that Roeder did nothing morally wrong. Scratch that, you must conclude that Roeder acted heroically by knowingly sacrificing tyhe rest of his life to save innocent children.

Of course, a society cannot allow people to kill other people who are doing what society has deemed legal - so, as sincere as his belief was, I don't think he should be allowed to raise either defense as a matter of law. But if you accept the pro-life premise, there is absolutely nothing to condenm Roeder for, morally speaking.

And, in case you think I'm crazy, that fact speaks ill of the pro-life premise - not Scott Roeder.

Joe

January 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Joe Huster said...

I'm not the only one who realizes that the argument justifying a voluntary manslaughter defense would also justify a defense of justifiable homicide.

http://www.salon.com/news/abortion/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2010/01/12/roeder_trial

Joe H.

January 12, 2010 at 9:34 AM

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