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Jury begins weighing fate of U.S. abortion doctor accused of murder

by Reuters
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 17:21 GMT

PHILADELPHIA, April 30 (Reuters) - Jury deliberations began on Tuesday in the murder trial of a Philadelphia doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at a clinic serving low-income women.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-shuttered Women's Medical Society Clinic, could face the death penalty if convicted by the seven-woman, five-man jury in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia. (Reporting by Dave Warner; Editing by Barbara Goldberg)

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