Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon was born on March 31,1956 and is an American anti-abortion extremist who was convicted in a Kansas state court for the attempted murder of George Tiller by shooting him in his car in Wichita, Kansas in 1993.
14 Facts About Shelley Shannon
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Shelley Shannon was convicted in US federal court for ten attacks at abortion clinics using arson or acid.
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At her sentencing in US 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.
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Shelley Shannon served her sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca, Minnesota and was released in November 2018.
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Shelley Shannon was arrested several times for trespassing and physically obstructing access to clinics.
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Shelley Shannon traveled to Kentucky to visit John Brockhoeft, convicted of firebombing a Cincinnati abortion clinic.
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Shelley Shannon was a resident of Grants Pass, Oregon, and had been a part of the anti-abortion movement for at least five years at the time she shot Tiller.
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Under cover of such a fracas, Shelley Shannon shot Tiller with a semiautomatic pistol.
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At her trial in state court, Shelley Shannon testified that there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller.
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Shelley Shannon had been indicted by federal grand juries on 30 counts in connection with fires and butyric acid attacks at nine clinics.
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Shelley Shannon sided with prosecutors who contended that Shannon was a threat even from behind bars.
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In 1998, Shelley Shannon filed a lawsuit contending that the sewage system in the Kansas prison was inadequate, and that sewage backups created unhealthful conditions for the inmates.
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Shelley Shannon's lawsuit was dismissed by Federal District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Shelley Shannon had been in ongoing contact with controversial anti-abortionist Donald Spitz during her incarceration at Waseca federal prison as well as at the time of her release.