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Conviction July 29, 1994 Homicide

Dr. John Bayard Britton

Status Conviction
Type Homicide
Date July 29, 1994
Location Pensacola, Florida
Victim Age 69
Gender Male

Abortion provider Dr. John Britton and his clinic escort James Barrett were shot dead outside a Pensacola clinic by anti-abortion activist Paul Jennings Hill. Hill was convicted and executed in 2003, the first person executed for anti-abortion violence in the US.

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