Editing Terry Nichols

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|occupation = U.S. Army serviceman (former)

|type of villain = Radicalized terrorist

|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Conspiracy<br>[[Arson]]

|hobby = Making bombs}}'''Terry Nichols''' (April 1st, 1955 - ) was [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He is currently serving a life sentence, and has since apologized for his involvement in the bombing plot.  

Like McVeigh, Nichols held strong anti-government sentiments, which only grew stronger over the years. Nichols spent most of his adult life in the Lapeer and Sanilac County areas of Michigan where mistrust and resentment of the federal government was common, especially after bank repossessions of many farms in the 1980s. Neighbors said he attended meetings of anti-government groups, experimented with [[Improvised explosive device|explosives]] and got more radical as time went on. In February 1992, he attempted to renounce his US citizenship by writing to the local county clerk in Michigan, stating that the political system was corrupt, and declaring himself a "non resident alien". Several months later, he appeared in court and tried to avoid responsibility for some of his credit card bills (he owed approximately $40,000 altogether), refusing to come before the bench, and shouting at the judge that the government had no jurisdiction over him. On October 19, 1992, he signed another document renouncing his US citizenship. In May 1993, Nichols appeared before a county judge regarding an $8,421 unpaid credit card debt. He also renounced his driver’s license.

Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_elevator grain elevator] manager, real estate salesman and ranch hand. He met his future co-conspirator, [[Timothy McVeigh]], during a brief stint in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army U.S. Army], which ended in 1989 when he requested a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_discharge#Reasons_for_discharge hardship discharge] after less than one year of service.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nytimes_second_5-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-nytimes_second-5 [5]]</sup> In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing Oklahoma City bombing] – the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_bomb truck bombing] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_P._Murrah_Federal_Building Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City Oklahoma City], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma], on April 19, 1995. The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people, including 19 children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup>

After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_%28crime%29 conspiracy] to use a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Legal_definitions weapon of mass destruction] and eight counts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter#Involuntary_manslaughter involuntary manslaughter] for killing federal law enforcement personnel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wp1_7-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-wp1-7 [7]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-npr1_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-npr1-8 [8]]</sup> He was sentenced to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment life imprisonment] without the possibility of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole parole] because the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_jury jury deadlocked] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty death penalty].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup> He was also tried in Oklahoma on state charges of [[murder]] in connection with the bombing. He was convicted in 2004 of 161 counts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder#Degrees_of_murder_in_the_United_States first degree murder], including one count of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feticide fetal homicide];<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup> first-degree [[arson]]; and conspiracy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-msnbc1_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-msnbc1-9 [9]]</sup> As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cnn1_10-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-cnn1-10 [10]]</sup>  

# Danielle NIcole Bell - December 27, 1993 (2 years)

# Ethel L. Griffin - May 20, 1939 (55 years)  

# Larry L. Turner - August 14, 1952  

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