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...Timothy McVeigh's execution is one thing. The unrepentant mastermind of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that claimed 168 lives would be missed by almost no one. Americans, even many who generally oppose the death penalty, overwhelmingly support its use when it comes to a mass murderer who viewed the deaths of 19 children as "collateral damage...
Legal experts say that considering McVeigh's admission of guilt, it would be unlikely for a court to grant a new trial, even if the new documents prove central to the case. Terry Nichols, on the other hand, has maintained his innocence. At trial he was convicted by a confused jury that found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter, which means he did not intend to kill, and conspiracy, which means he did. The jury deadlocked at sentencing, so it was Judge Matsch who sentenced Nichols to life without parole. Nichols' lawyers say evidence pointing to the involvement of others could...
Many of the 3,135 documents the FBI failed to turn over to McVeigh's lawyers came from the early stages of the investigation, when the bureau was pursuing leads about McVeigh's possible accomplices. According to present and former Justice and FBI officials, the documents are mostly "negative reports"--leads that didn't pan out. Many were tips from people saying that they recognized the so-called John Doe No. 2, whose composite sketch, based on a grainy photograph taken from a bank camera near the Murrah Federal Building, had been released by the FBI. Before the trial, several...
...Could McVeigh or Nichols get a new trial...
This familiar mantra surfaced last week in the Justice Department's mea culpa letter to the McVeigh defense lawyers. Justice floated it in hopes that the media would pick it up and repeat it. And we did. But the government's argument is laughable. How would a prosecutor know what's important to a defendant's case? Prosecutors use the excuse to minimize their misconduct under the theory "no harm, no foul," but the courts should punish those who deliberately hold back important evidence. Yet judges too often look the other...