Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first degree murder in three
of the four
Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was
convicted Monday of three counts of first-degree murder for severing the
spinal cords of infants born during abortions at his West Philadelphia
clinic.
Gosnell also was convicted of
involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of 41-year-old Virginia woman
Karnamaya Mongar, who died from an overdose of drugs while undergoing
an abortion at the clinic. Prosecutors described the clinic as a “house
of horrors” because of the unsanitary conditions and unsafe practices
that defined it.
The trial now moves into a sentencing
phase to decide whether Gosnell should receive the death penalty or face
life in prison on the capital murders counts.
The New York Times coverage is still referring to the murdered babies as “fetuses.” Jon Hurdle writes: Continue at Denny Burk
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