DATE= 9/30/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-220583
TITLE=NICHOLS TRIAL / L-O
BYLINE=LEE FRANK
DATELINE=DENVER
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: TERRY NICHOLS HAS GONE ON TRIAL IN DENVER AS AN ALLEGED
CO-CONSPIRATOR IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING THAT KILLED 168
PEOPLE ON APRIL 19, 1995. LEE FRANK REPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE IN DENVER, COLORADO.
TEXT: JURY SELECTION FOR THE SECOND OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING TRIAL
BEGAN WITH FEDERAL JUDGE RICHARD MASHE NOTING THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS TRIAL, AGAINST TERRY
NICHOLS, AND THE PREVIOUS CASE, AGAINST TIMOTHY MCVEY -- WHO WAS
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH.
THE JUDGE SAYS MR. NICHOLS STARTS WITH A CLEAN SLATE. THE
CHARGES ARE THE SAME -- CONSPIRACY, USING A WEAPON OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, AND MURDER. POTENTIAL JURORS, QUESTIONED IN OPEN
COURT, INDICATED THEY KNOW LITTLE ABOUT MR. NICHOLS AND HAVE NO
OPINIONS ABOUT HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING
EXPLOSION.
ROY SELLS -- WHOSE WIFE WAS AMONG THE 168 PEOPLE KILLED --
RETURNED TO THE SAME COURTROOM WHERE HE SAT THROUGH THE ENTIRE
MCVEY TRIAL, WHICH TOOK THREE-AND-A-HALF WEEKS.
// SELLS ACTUALITY //
IT'S A SLOW PROCESS THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. I
UNDERSTAND THAT NOW, SINCE THE FIRST TRIAL. IT'S GONNA
TAKE A LONG TIME.
// END ACTUALITY //
ON THE FIRST DAY OF JURY SELECTION, TWO PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL
PROBLEMS WERE ELIMINATED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. ONE JURY
POOL MEMBER -- WHOM THE DEFENSE MIGHT WANT RULED OUT -- SAID HE
CONVINCED MR. NICHOLS IS GUILTY OF MASS MURDER. HE COULD ONLY
CONSIDER A PUNISHMENT OF DEATH (SIGNED).
NEB / WD-T / WD
30-Sep-97 2:53 AM EDT (0653 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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