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WICHITA, Kan. A Sedgwick County inmate has claimed that an anti-abortion activist hired him to firebomb the house of a Wichita doctor who had been training to do abortions, the Justice Department said in a court filing Wednesday.
The document offers a public glimpse into some of the government's evidence against abortion opponent Angel Dillard. The Justice Department sued her in 2011 for sending an allegedly threatening letter to Dr. Mila Means, who had been planning at the time to offer abortions at her practice after Dr. George Tiller's murder. Court filings indicate she eventually decided against the plan.
In its court filing, the government said the inmate, Robert Campbell, wrote a letter to the court saying he had information about the things he did for Dillard.
Dillard claims Campbell attempted to blackmail her and threatened to tell prosecutors she had hired him to stalk and harass Means and to firebomb her house, according to the document.
Campbell then later wrote that "he was backing out of the plot to firebomb Dr. Means and that he was afraid for his life - afraid (Dillard) would hire someone to kill him for backing out," according to the government's filing. Other details of Campbell's allegations remain under seal in federal court.
The Associated Press could not find a current location for Campbell to reach him for comment. Dillard's attorney, Don McKinney, did not immediately return a phone message.
The government has sought information about Dillard's relationships not only with Campbell, but also with Scott Roeder, who was convicted of gunning down Tiller on a Sunday in May 2009 as the doctor was serving as an usher in his Wichita church.
Dillard wants to shield her conversations with Campbell and Roeder from disclosure under the "priest-penitent" privilege. A judge has ruled the communications are not protected since she is not ordained clergy, but the defense has appealed.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/04/03/2744827/inmate-claims-activist-hired-him.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
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