Nichols Defense Rests in Oklahoma Bombing Trial
McALESTER, Okla. -- Defense attorneys rested their case Thursday in the trial of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry L. Nichols, who faces state murder charges that could carry the death penalty.
Nichols’ attorneys questioned 96 witnesses over 11 days in a case that was shortened when Judge Steven Taylor limited the defense’s ability to offer evidence of alternative suspects in the bombing, which killed 168 people.
Prosecutors rested their case April 30 after questioning 151 witnesses over 29 days. They planned to question at least a dozen more witnesses to rebut defense testimony.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Monday afternoon.
Nichols, 49, is serving a life prison sentence after a federal jury in 1997 convicted him of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of eight federal law enforcement agents in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
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