Phila abortionist Kermit #Gosnell guilty 1st degree murder in 3 of 4 babies.
— jdmullane (@jdmullane) May 13, 2013
That’s according to J.D. Mullane, the Bucks County Courier reporter who has been covering this trial from the onset — and who tweeted the famous photo of the empty press section of the courthouse holding the Gosnell trial.
At LifeNews.com, Steven Ertelt adds:
The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell returned a verdict and found him guilty on three of the four first-degree murder charges he faced.
The guilty verdict on these three counts subjects the abortion “doctor” to the potential he will face the death penalty when a second jury considers his sentencing on the convictions.
One local reporter covering the trial indicated Gosnell “heard verdict passively, with small bitter faced smiles.”
Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for killing babies following delivery in an abortion process that involved “snipping” their necks and spinal cords. He also faces a third-degree murder charge related to the death of a woman, Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, from a botched legal abortion. Gosnell, who has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest.
The abortionist faces 258 counts total and other charges against him include one count of infanticide and one of racketeering, 24 counts of performing third-trimester abortions and 227 counts of failing to follow the 24-hour waiting period law before an abortion so women can consider its risks and alternatives.
Allahpundit adds that Gosnell was also found guility “of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Karnamaya Mongar, the woman who died in a late-term abortion.”
More as it comes in.
Update: ” The penalty phase will begin one week from today,” Bryan Preston writes at the Tatler. “The first degree convictions could get [Gosnell] the death penalty.”
More: “The linguistic hoops the NYT jumps through here to avoid saying ‘murdered babies’ are impressive.”
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