Why did James Kopp choose a bench trial?
James Kopp stipulated to the facts of his shooting babykilling abortionist Barnett Slepian. James did not want to cloud the issue with witnesses and a jury trial, but wanted the judge to decide the case on the facts. These facts are clear – that James Kopp did what was necessary to save the lives of the children Barnett Slepian was planning to kill. The judge was supposed to make his decision on the facts, and not on the temperature of the political climate. If he did this, James Kopp would have been found not guilty. James Kopp deserves to be set free and honored as a hero who saved babies from certain death at the hand of abortionist Barnett Slepian.
