Shelley Shannon Shelley Shannon Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon (born March 31, 1956) is an American best known in U.S. media reports as an anti-abortion extremist. Shannon was convicted in a Kansas state court for the attempted murder of Doctor George Tiller by shooting him in his car in Wichita, Kansas in 1993. She was also convicted in U.S. federal court for ten attacks at abortion clinics using arson or acid. At her sentencing in U.S. District Court in 1995, the presiding judge described Shannon as a terrorist and agreed with prosecutors that she was a threat even from behind bars. She served
Assassination of George Tiller Those vicious individuals want to stifle any criticism of people like Tiller. That — and hating Fox News — is the real agenda here. In 2009, Congressman Keith Ellison said, "There is no room in America to 'justify' murder in the name of ideological differences. I condemn the act committed against Dr. Tiller as well as those who take comfort from his death." On June 9, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter sponsored a House resolution condemning the murder of Tiller, which was unanimously passed. Several pro-life groups claimed to have received death threats in the aftermath of the shooting, some of