An anti-abortion preacher who spent four years in prison in connection with clinic bombings now wants President Bush to pardon the woman who shot Wichita abortion provider George Tiller 15 years ago.
Shelley Shannon
Rev. Michael Bray of Maryland has an online petition to ask Bush to pardon Shelley Shannon, who shot Tiller at his clinic on Aug. 19, 1993.
Shannon finished serving her Kansas prison time for attempted murder and aggravated assault in April 2005. But she’s now serving a federal sentence in Dublin, Calif., in connection with the shooting. She also was convicted of fire and bombing attacks on other abortion clinics, including those in Oregon, California and Nevada, which authorities learned about through letters she wrote from jail following Tiller’s shooting.
Bray said in a statement on his Web site, defending Shannon: “Unfortunately, as with all anti-abortion cases where the defenders of the innocents are charged with crimes and brought before the judges in this land, there is no consideration given to the ‘defense of necessity’ -– that these interventions were necessary because a true human being is murdered in every intentional abortion.”
Bray was sentenced to prison in 1985 in connection with the bombings of seven abortion clinics and has written about the use of force in stopping abortion. Some consider him a terrorist. Others call him a hero.
“The suggestion of pardoning a violent criminal for the attempted murder of Dr. Tiller and attacks on abortion clinics highlights the twisted notion of life held by these domestic right-to-life terrorists, ” said Dan Monnat, a Wichita lawyer who represents Tiller. “Her letters, which you can find on the Internet, say ‘don’t insult me by saying I’ve repented.’ “
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How sick. This lady gives pro-life people a bad name. I despise Tiller, but I despise this lady just as much. Shooting people is NOT pro-life. I say let her rot. People who are truly pro-life need to resist violence, which Tiller definitely does not when he sucks the brains out of live babies.
That does seem like a longer sentence than weather underground bombers get.
“right-to-life terrorists, ” said Dan Monnat,
What about the right to abortion terrorists? The innocent baby gets a death sentence.
seven, I believe a lot of unfortunate humans have been given death sentences. The “Weathermen” were interested in the following injustice:
Please tell us what injustice these unborn babies are paying for. 46 million babies died.
Weather underground is not in charge of “carrying out justice”
“Weather underground is not in charge of “carrying out justice””
And neither is Operation Rescue.
seven just got owned