DATE= 9/29/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220551 TITLE=BOMB TRIAL (S-O) BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS DATELINE=LOS ANGELES CONTENT= VOICED AT: *INTRO: THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS HAS BEGUN IN DENVER'S FEDERAL COURT BUILDING FOR THE TRIAL OF TERRY NICHOLS, WHO IS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING WITH CONVICTED BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH TO BOMB THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING IN APRIL, 1995. AS V-O-A'S GREG FLAKUS REPORTS FROM OUR WEST COAST BUREAU, THE TRIAL COULD LAST LONGER THAN THE MCVEIGH TRIAL. TEXT: THE PROCEEDING GOT UNDERWAY MONDAY MORNING WITH JUDGE RICHARD MATSCH EXPLAINING THE TRIAL PROCESS TO POTENTIAL JURORS. TERRY NICHOLS' LEAD ATTORNEY, MICHAEL TIGAR, HAD REQUESTED THAT THE TRIAL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER CITY, BUT JUDGE MATSCH DENIED THAT MOTION. THE DEFENSE TEAM PLANS TO PORTRAY MR NICHOLS AS A MAN WHO WAS USED BY HIS FORMER FRIEND, TIMOTHY MCVEIGH. PROSECUTORS WILL TRY TO PORTRAY HIM AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE BOMBING CONSPIRACY. THE EVIDENCE AGAINST MR NICHOLS IS NOT AS OVERWHELMING AS IT WAS AGAINST TIMOTHY MCVEIGH AND THE DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO PRESENT A NUMBER OF WITNESSES TO COUNTER THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE. IF SO, THE NICHOLS TRIAL COULD BE LONGER AND MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE MCVEIGH TRIAL. (SIGNED) NEB/GF/GKT/WFR 29-Sep-97 12:43 PM EDT (1643 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America
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