Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial: Day one deliberations end in Pa. abortion doctor case
(AP) PHILADELPHIA - A jury has gone home after deliberating for two hours in the capital murder trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of killing a patient and four babies.
Prosecutors say the 72-year-old Gosnell routinely killed babies born alive during illegal, late-term abortions.Gosnell faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in the infant deaths. He is also charged with third-degree murder in the patient's overdose 2009 death.
Gosnell's lawyer says there were no live births at the clinic. Gosnell has been in prison since a 2011 indictment.
The jury's first question during deliberations involved a theft charge against co-defendant Eileen O'Neill, a former clinic employee. She is accused of billing as a doctor when she was not licensed.
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