Scott Roeder received the maximum possible sentence yesterday for the assassination of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller — he won't be eligible for parole for over 51 years.

In an audio interview posted Monday on YouTube, Scott Roeder said he had little sympathy for his victim George Tiller's family. He explained, "if you could have sympathy for a hit man's family, that is the sympathy I would have."

Scott Roeder has been convicted in a Kansas court, but some are still pushing for federal charges. The reason: a federal investigation could turn up accomplices in other states, and a conviction could keep Roeder from receiving parole. [UPI.com]

Scott Roeder has been convicted of killing George Tiller — but will his trial and sentencing deter or inspire would-be antiabortion terrorists? If you listen to Randall Terry, it may be the latter.

• Two Tennessee women, who claimed that they had been raped on the night of the 27th by two men, came clean to police and admitted that they made it all up. What really happened:

After only forty 37 minutes of deliberation this morning, a jury has found Scott Roeder guilty of the May 2009 murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.

Witnesses have begun testifying in Scott Roeder's trial, and a GQ profile of the doctor he killed raises a question: what does it take to perform late-term abortions in a country where people like Roeder run wild?

One of the most confusing chapters in the saga of George Tiller's assassin Scott Roeder has been his quest to use a voluntary manslaughter defense. What does this mean, and will it work? Newsweek breaks it all down.

The trial of Dr. George Tiller's assassin Scott Roeder begins in Wichita today, and some anti-choicers still hope to make it a referendum on abortion. They may have help.

A Kansas judge has set a January trial date for Scott Roeder, who gunned down abortion provider George Tiller in May. He also refused to let Roeder's lawyers use a "necessity defense," though they can still argue for voluntary manslaughter.

Scott Roeder has confessed to the murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, but plans to use a "necessity defense" in his trial, claiming his crime was necessary to prevent abortions. Could he succeed?

"Actually I thought [eBay] was the last bastion of free enterprise in America, where normal people could put things up for sale. I see they do have a political agenda." — Regina Dinwiddie, organizer of the Scott Roeder auction [TPM]

EBay said it wouldn't allow an auction to raise money for the defense of George Tiller's murderer Scott Roeder, but now drawings "commissioned by Scott Roeder" are for sale on the site — and someone has already bid $50.

"I support the shooting of George Tiller as justifiable homicide. I only wish that it would have happened in 1973, before he was able to murder his first child." — Anthony Leake, who visited Roeder in prison. [Kansas City Star]

Do you remember the New York Times article about Scott Roeder's preliminary hearing? If you did, you were probably left with the impression that the anti-abortion movement is staying away. But Amie Newman at Feministe heard otherwise.

Scott Roeder, the man accused of assassinating Dr. George Tiller last month, is continuing his hate-filled campaign from his jail cell, mailing out pamphlets praising Paul Hill, who was executed for killing a physician and abortion clinic escort in 1994.

A judge has increased the bail of alleged George Tiller murderer Scott Roeder from $5 million to $20 million after Roeder threatened that "there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal." [Breitbart]

The AP is reporting that Nebraska doctor LeRoy Carhart (pictured) will step in to fill Dr. George Tiller's shoes, but the threat that anti-abortion group Operation Rescue will buy Tiller's clinic is unfortunately very, very real.