DATE=6/4/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233397
TITLE= NICHOLS SENTENCED (S)
BYLINE= MICHAEL LELAND
DATELINE= CHICAGO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: ONE OF THE MEN CONVICTED OF PLANNING THE WORST TERRORIST
ATTACK ON U-S SOIL HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. TERRY
NICHOLS WAS SENTENCED (THURSDAY) IN THE WESTERN U-S CITY OF
DENVER FOR HIS ROLE IN THE BOMBING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL
BUILDING IN 1995. MORE FROM V-O-A'S MICHAEL LELAND.
TEXT: FEDERAL JUDGE RICHARD MATSCH HAS SENTENCED TERRY NICHOLS
TO LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. THE SENTENCE
CAME AT THE END OF SEVERAL HOURS OF TESTIMONY FROM DEFENSE AND
PROSECUTION LAWYERS, AS WELL AS TESTIMONY FROM SOME OF THE
SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS FAMILY MEMBERS FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. JUDGE
MATSCH ALSO ORDERED NICHOLS TO PAY MORE THAN 14-MILLION DOLLARS
IN RESTITUTION FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ATTACK.
NICHOLS WAS CONVICTED LAST DECEMBER OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
AND CONSPIRACY FOR HIS ROLE IN HELPING TIMOTHY MCVEIGH PLAN THE
FEDERAL BUILDING BOMBING, WHICH LEFT 168 PEOPLE DEAD AND 500
INJURED. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDER AND WEAPONS CHARGES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THURSDAY'S COURT PROCEEDINGS, NICHOLS LAWYERS
ASKED FOR A NEW TRIAL ON THE CHARGES. THEY CITED EVIDENCE THAT
JURORS DELIBERATED IN SMALL GROUPS RATHER THAN AS A WHOLE. THE
JUDGE GAVE PROSECUTORS A WEEK TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST.
(SIGNED)
NEB/MJL/PT
04-Jun-98 6:45 PM EDT (2245 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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