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Jury takes just 37 minutes to convict Wichita murderer
Posted: 01.29.2010 at 1:15 PM
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WICHITA, KANSAS (AP) -- A man who says he killed a Kansas abortion provider to protect unborn children has been convicted of murdering the doctor.

A jury in Wichita deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding Scott Roeder guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller.

Roeder faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. He could be paroled in 25 years.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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