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Terry Nichols (born April 1, 1955) was [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. | '''Terry Nichols''' (born April 1, 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. 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson 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> He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-msnbc2_3-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-msnbc2-3 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup> and is incarcerated at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence ADX Florence], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax super maximum] security prison in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Colorado Florence, Colorado]. He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with [[Ramzi Yousef]] and [[Ted Kaczynski]]. | 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson 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> He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-msnbc2_3-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-msnbc2-3 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_6-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols#cite_note-bio-6 [6]]</sup> and is incarcerated at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence ADX Florence], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax super maximum] security prison in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Colorado Florence, Colorado]. He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with [[Ramzi Yousef]] and [[Ted Kaczynski]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:44, 24 May 2015
Terry Nichols (born April 1, 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. Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman and ranch hand. He met his future co-conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, during a brief stint in the U.S. Army, which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service.[5] In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the Oklahoma City bombing – the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people, including 19 children.[6]
After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel.[7][8] He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole because the jury deadlocked on the death penalty.[6] 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 first degree murder, including one count of fetal homicide;[6] first-degree arson; and conspiracy.[9] As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty.[6][10] He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole,[3][6] and is incarcerated at ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with Ramzi Yousef and Ted Kaczynski.