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4:22 PM, May 31, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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George Tiller, a doctor who performed third-trimester abortions in Kansas, was murdered today. Princeton's Robert George writes at NRO:

Whoever murdered George Tiller has done a gravely wicked thing. The evil of this action is in no way diminished by the blood George Tiller had on his own hands. No private individual had the right to execute judgment against him. We are a nation of laws. Lawless violence breeds only more lawless violence. Rightly or wrongly, George Tilller was acquitted by a jury of his peers. "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord." For the sake of justice and right, the perpetrator of this evil deed must be prosecuted, convicted, and punished.

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