Saturday was one of those almost but not quite days for the Campbell County boys soccer team.
Top-ranked and consensus favorite to win the Class 4A state soccer tournament, the Camels fell just … More
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Defense: Philly abortion doc's case 'a lynching'
Posted 3/18/13
PHILADELPHIA — A lawyer for a Philadelphia abortion provider on trial for allegedly killing live babies and a woman patient calls the murder case "an elitist, racist prosecution."
Defense lawyer Jack McMahon also accuses city officials of "a prosecutorial lynching" of his client, who is black.
The fiery McMahon made the remarks in opening statements Monday in the capital murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Seven of the 12 jurors are black.
The 72-year-old Gosnell is charged with running a rogue clinic that ignored the state ban on third-term abortions and 24-hour waiting periods. Officials say he also maimed women and teens by letting his untrained staff perform abortions and give anesthesia. And, they say he got rich doing it.
But McMahon says city officials are applying "Mayo Clinic" standards to Gosnell's inner-city clinic in West Philadelphia.
