Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is a U.S. Army veteran who conspired with Timothy McVeigh in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. The Oklahoma City Bombing, by which the event became known, claimed the lives of 168 people and drew worldwide attention.
For his role, Terry Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary man...
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Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is a U.S. Army veteran who conspired with Timothy McVeigh in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. The Oklahoma City Bombing, by which the event became known, claimed the lives of 168 people and drew worldwide attention.
For his role, Terry Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter by a federal jury in Colorado. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in ADX, a supermax security prison in Florence, Colorado. He was returned to Oklahoma to face state charges of first degree murder in connection with the bombing. Jury selection in the McAlester, Oklahoma trial started March 1, 2004. By March 11, a jury had been selected and ordered to return on March 22 to hear opening statements in the case. He was convicted on May 26, 2004 of 161 counts of first-degree murder, which included one...
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