Reuters: U.S.: Jury deliberates seventh day in Philadelphia abortion doctor case

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Jury deliberates seventh day in Philadelphia abortion doctor case May 8th 2013, 13:55 By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA | Wed May 8, 2013 9:55am EDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia jury began its seventh day of deliberations on Wednesday in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic that served low-income women. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-closed Women's Medical Society Clinic, could face the death penalty if convicted by the jury in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia. The seven-woman, five-man jury heard five weeks of testimony before starting deliberations on April 30. Day six of deliberations ended on Tuesday with no verdict. The jury returned on Wednesday morning to hear testimony it had requested be read back to them as part of the deliberations process. Gosnell is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords, prosecutors said. It is legal in Pennsylvania to abort a fetus up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. Gosnell also faces charges that he performed 24 abortions beyond 24 weeks in term. Gosnell's defense contends there is no evidence the babies were alive after they were aborted. Testimony depicted a filthy clinic, serving mostly low-income women in a largely black community. Gosnell also is charged with murdering Karnamaya Mongar, 41, of Virginia, who died from a drug overdose after going to him for an abortion, prosecutors said. Gosnell has been in jail since his January 2011 arrest. Eight other defendants have pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and are awaiting sentencing. They include Gosnell's wife, Pearl, a cosmetologist who helped perform abortions. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Maureen Bavdek) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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