By: Rod Swift
Re: More Christanic Terror 3

Isn't this a wonderful blast.  Our ever-lovin' gun-totin' PASTOR Paul
Hill was back in court last week regarding his murder conviction and
death sentence.

How could we ever forget that this man, who slayed two men in late
June 1994 was a practicing Minister at the time, who has been now
defrocked.

Yes, Jimson, this man was a Christian at the time of his perpetration
and did it because of his religious dogma.  *YOU* are in error, now, Jim.

And remember, Paul Hill is ONE of yours, Jim!

Enjoy, everyone!

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03:05 PM ET 03/06/97

Fla. high court upholds death for abortion shooter


            TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuter) - Florida's highest court
Thursday upheld the murder conviction and death sentence of a
former preacher who gunned down a doctor and his assistant
outside a Pensacola abortion clinic.

            Paul Hill, a defrocked minister who acted as his own
attorney during his murder trial, faces death in Florida's
electric chair for the shotgun slayings of Dr. John Britton and
his driver, James Barrett, outside the Ladies Center on June 29,
1994.

            By unanimous ruling, the state supreme court denied
arguments by attorneys representing Hill that he should not have
been allowed to defend himself. During the trial, Hill called no
witnesses and did not offer evidence in his defense.

            ``The judge was not required to give Hill a lesson on how to
try a lawsuit before finding that Hill was making a knowing
waive of his right to counsel,'' the court wrote. ``It was
enough for Hill to be alerted generally to the difficulties of
navigating the legal system...''

            The high court also ruled that the trial judge correctly
prevented Hill from arguing that the shootings were justified
because he was protecting fetuses from harm.

            In the first such ruling in the state, Florida's highest
court followed the lead of other courts across the country by
asserting that justifiable homicide cannot be used as a defense
because abortion is a legal procedure. Therefore, the court
ruled, one's opposition to abortion cannot be used to justify
illegal acts.

            ``As a practical matter, permitting a defendant to vindicate
his or her criminal behavior in such a manner would be an
invitation to lawlessness,'' the court ruled.

            Thursday's ruling was the latest appellate development in
Hill's case. The state supreme court had previously ruled that
Hill did not have the right to defend himself in the appeals
process.

            Michael Hirsch, an attorney representing Hill, could not
immediately be reached for comment.
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