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'''Eric Robert Rudolph''' (born September 19, 1966) is a Christian terrorist responsible for a series of [[wikipedia:Pro-life|anti-abortion]] and [[wikipedia:LGBT rights opposition|anti-gay]]-motivated [[wikipedia:Pipe bomb|bombings]] across the southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured at least 150 others. The [[wikipedia:FBI|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] considers him a [[terrorist]].


[[File:Eric rudolph.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]Eric Rudolph (born September 19, 1966) is a Christian terrorist responsible for a series of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life anti-abortion] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_opposition anti-gay]-motivated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_bomb bombings] across the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States southern United States] between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured at least 150 others. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] considers him a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist terrorist].
As a teenager Rudolph was taken by his mother to a [[wikipedia:Church of Israel|Church of Israel]] compound in 1984; it is connected to the [[wikipedia:Christian Identity|Christian Identity]] movement. Rudolph and his family were connected with the Christian Identity movement, a militant, racist and anti-Semitic organization that believes whites are God's chosen people. He has confirmed religious motivation, but denied racial motivation for his crimes.


As a teenager Rudolph was taken by his mother to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Israel Church of Israel] compound in 1984; it is connected to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity Christian Identity] movement. Rudolph and his family were connected with the Christian Identity movement, a militant, racist and anti-Semitic organization that believes whites are God's chosen people. He has confirmed religious motivation, but denied racial motivation for his crimes.
He spent five years on the [[wikipedia:FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives]] until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a plea bargain, Rudolph pleaded guilty to numerous federal and state homicide charges and accepted four consecutive life sentences in exchange for avoiding a trial and a potential death sentence. He remains incarcerated at the ADX Florence supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
 
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He spent five years on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives] until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargain plea bargain], Rudolph pleaded guilty to numerous federal and state [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide homicide] charges and accepted four consecutive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment life sentences] in exchange for avoiding a trial and a potential [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment death sentence]. He remains incarcerated at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence ADX Florence] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax supermax] prison in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Colorado Florence, Colorado].
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