Abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s attorney lambasted the news coverage of the trial and “racist” prosecutors during a two-hour closing argument.
“We know why he was targeted,” John McMahon told the jury. “If you don’t see it, you are living in some sort of la-la land.”
Dr. Gosnell is on trial for murder and other charges in connection with an alleged “house of horrors” abortion clinic in a poor inner-city Philadelphia neighborhood.
Mr. McMahon called the case “the most extraordinary hype and exaggeration in the history of the criminal justice system.”
“I’m telling you, never in my career have I seen the presumption of innocence trampled on and stomped on as in this case,” the lawyer said, adding that it was “the most incredible rush to judgment that I have ever seen in the history of jurisprudence.”
Specifically naming Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore, he derided the “elitist, racist prosecution” of the doctor.
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According to the Washington Examiner, referring to critics of the clinic’s lower standards, Mr. McMahon said, “if everything was done right … then you wouldn’t have low-cost health care.”
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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