Assassination of George Tiller of violence during a telephone interview with anti-abortion activist David Leach. Tiller's murder inspired an episode of the television legal drama "Law & Order" entitled "Dignity". In that episode, an anti-abortion activist murdered a doctor who performed late-term abortions in New York. The defense said it was a justifiable homicide, since the murderer did it in order to prevent the doctor from performing a late-term abortion upon a specific woman, hence, he did it in defense of another human being. In the end, the jury decided that the defendant was guilty of murder in the first degree. The episode's reception
Joe Tiller Rich Rodriguez at Michigan, and Ron Zook at Illinois. Under Tiller and his spread offense, Purdue annually had one of the top offenses in the Big Ten. Tiller died at his home in Buffalo, Wyoming, on September 30, 2017, at the age of 74, after battling recent health issues. Numerous tributes were made to Tiller following his passing by former players, fellow coaches, and former teams that he led. Assistant coaches under Joe Tiller who became NCAA head coaches: Joe Tiller Joseph Henry Tiller (December 7, 1942 – September 30, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He was