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...antiabortion protester by giving him two life sentences in prison -- the maximum allowed by law for violating a new federal clinic-protection law. Next week, a judge will decide whether Hill should get the electric chair in connection with the July slayings in Tampa of Dr. John Bayard Britton and his volunteer bodyguard, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Barrett. Hill today would not express remorse for his actions. "I was trying to prevent Dr. Britton from killing the 30 people he was going to kill that day," Hill told Vinson. But Vinson reminded him "God does not look with...
...Florida jury recommended death for antiabortion extremist Paul Hill after convicting him of murdering Dr. John Britton and his escort James Barrett outside a Pensacola clinic in July. Hill, already convicted on federal charges, had told the jury beforehand, "You may mix my blood with the blood of the unborn ... However, truth and righteousness will prevail." A judge will decide later whether to impose the death sentence...
...shotgun killings of an abortion doctorand his bodyguard. Hill now faces either life in prison or death in the electric chair -- a fate determined when the jury returns Thursday. Hill, acting as his own lawyer, offered no defense during his three-day trial. Hill had ambushed Dr. John B. Britton, 69; his unarmed bodyguard, James H. Barrett, 74; and Barrett's wife, June, 68, as the three arrived at the Ladies Center clinic on July 29. He was barred from arguing that the slayings were justifiable homicides committed in order to save the unborn. Last month, Hill became the first...
...convict former minister Paul Hill of violating the new federal abortion-clinic access law by shooting an abortion doctor and his bodyguard. He was also convicted of one federal firearm charge. Hill, acting as his own attorney, had played martyr in arguing the June 29 murders of Dr. John Britton and James Barrett were justifiable -- calling no witnesses, cross-examining no one and supplying burning rhetoric in lieu of evidence. His closing statement today: "This government is unjust because it does not protect innocent life. To the extent we take part in this evil, we must answer...
...came to a sudden stop. A young woman shouted from the car, "Hey, Marion Barry, you're gonna be mayor again!" Barry turned, a green campaign poster in one hand and a staple gun in the other, and acknowledged the endorsement with a smile. Across the street Kevin Britton, an elementary-school gym teacher, explained that he too wants the former three- term mayor back. To Britton, Barry's six-month stint in jail should not be seen as a disqualification. Far from it. "That makes it all the more a marvel," Britton said. "Marion Barry could have thrown...