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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]]. | |||
[[ | 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. | ||
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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Revision as of 02:30, 25 July 2014
Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966) is a Christian terrorist responsible for a series of anti-abortion and anti-gay-motivated bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured at least 150 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers him a terrorist.
As a teenager Rudolph was taken by his mother to a Church of Israel compound in 1984; it is connected to the 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 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.