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3/31/10

Roeder to be sentenced Thursday

Roeder to be sentenced Thursday

BY RON SYLVESTER

The Wichita Eagle

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WICHITA — Prosecutors will ask a judge to limit parole possibilities for Scott Roeder, the convicted killer of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller.

Roeder is set to return to court for sentencing Thursday at 9 a.m.

District Attorney Nola Foulston has said she will ask Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert to impose a sentence of life without parole for at least 50 years.

That would essentially preclude parole for Roeder, 52.

A jury found Roeder guilty of first-degree murder after only 37 minutes of deliberations on Jan. 29 in the May 2009 killing of Tiller in the foyer of his Wichita church.

Friends of Roeder told a reporter for the Associated Press that he will try to call them as character witnesses.

The Tiller family will also be able to speak at the sentencing.

The Eagle plans to cover the proceedings live from the courtroom on Twitter.

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