Abortion doctor charged with 7 counts of murder in Philly

[jimmy olsen]

Judge drops 3 murder charges against doctor Kermit Gosnell

It took the prosecution five weeks to present their case against West Philly abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell and it took defense attorney Jack McMahon a couple of hours to knock a big hole through a critical part of their argument.

Three first-degree murder charges were dropped against Gosnell after McMahon argued that "there is not one piece...of objective, scientific evidence that anyone was born alive" at Gosnell's clinic.

Prosecutors have argued that the babies were viable and that Gosnell and his staff cut them in the back of the neck to kill them.

What kingd of scientific evidence are they looking for? How can it be proved without an autopsy that they were in a condition to live? I assume that he disposed of most of the evidence, so aside from witnesses who claimed otherwise, what possible evidence could there be either way?

[Kleves]

Guilty.

PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a West Philadelphia doctor known for performing late-term abortions, was found guilty on Monday of three out of four counts of first-degree murder.

The verdict came after a five-week trial in which the prosecution and the defense battled over whether the fetuses Dr. Gosnell was charged with killing were alive when they were removed from their mothers.

Dr. Gosnell was acquitted of one first-degree murder charge involving an aborted fetus and was also acquitted of third-degree murder in the death of a 41-year-old patient.

[Caliga]

Nancy Grace will be: pleased.