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Former Minister Paul Hill Executed for Shotgun Slayings of Abortion Doctor, Bodyguard
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| Contributor | Eddie |
| Last Edited | Eddie Sep 03, 2003 06:34pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 3, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Paul Hill, a former minister who said he murdered an abortion doctor and his bodyguard to save the lives of unborn babies, was executed Wednesday by injection. He was the first person put to death in the United States for anti-abortion violence.
Hill, 49, was condemned for the July 29, 1994, shooting deaths of Dr. John Bayard Britton and his bodyguard, retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Herman Barrett, and wounding of Barrett's wife outside the Ladies Center in Pensacola.
Death penalty opponents and others had urged Bush to halt the execution, some of them warning Hill's death would make him a martyr and unleash more violence against abortion clinics. The governor said he would not be "bullied" into stopping the execution. |
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