Jury reaches verdict in Roeder trial, waiting for announcement

The jury has reached a verdict in the Scott Roeder murder trial after only 40 minutes of deliberation.

The verdict, which has not been announced, comes after closing arguments in which the defense attorney, unable to ask for a lesser offense than first degree murder for his client, tried for a jury nullification verdict, comparing his client's act in shooting abortion provider Dr. George Tiller May 31, 2009, to the acts of such civil rights pioneers as Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, who violated laws for a greater good.