Jury cannot consider voluntary manslaughter in Roeder/Tiller murder trial

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Judge Warren Wilbert ruled yesterday that the jury cannot consider voluntary manslaughter in the first-degree murder trial of Scott Roeder, who testified that he killed Wichita abortion provider George Tiller.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Wilbert also ruled that the jury cannot consider a lesser charge of second-degree murder.

Jurors will begin deliberating this morning.

We’re running a little late today, but closing arguments are going on now (watch live courtesy of CNN).