James Kopp already is serving a 25-year-to-life state sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder. Federal prosecutors contend that the shooting also violated the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Kopp, 52, also is charged with using a firearm during a killing, which carries a maximum sentence of life without parole. The clinic-access count carries a maximum life sentence.
Under his current state conviction, Kopp will be eligible for release when he is in his 70s.
I know a pro-lifer isn't supposed to say so, but I truthfully don't see any moral difference between what Kopp did once and what Slepian did for a living. Except that Slepian wasn't a defenseless, unarmed baby trapped in an enclosed space, and Kopp wasn't being paid for it.
The only honest thing for the federal government to charge Kopp with would have been practicing medicine without a license. I'd like to see open season declared on abortionists. If they're going to kill with government sanction, they should be subject to the same jeopardy. Fair is fair.
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