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Where was Timothy McVeigh on the morning of April 19, 1995? When Stephen Jones, the lead defense attorney in the Oklahoma City bombing case, said in his opening statement that he would prove his client "innocent," he in effect promised the jury he would answer that question. But when the defense rested last week--after calling only 25 witnesses in 3 1/2 days--he had not done so. That failure reflected Jones' fundamental dilemma: he could not offer a story about McVeigh that was an alternative to the one brilliantly told by the government. Of course, the defense...
...bomb that exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building two years ago killed 168 people, 19 of them children. Last Friday the decision about whether or not Timothy McVeigh was responsible for the crime was placed in the hands of the jurors, who were to be sequestered until they reached a verdict. If they found McVeigh guilty on any one of the 11 murder and conspiracy counts against him, he could face the death penalty. Juries are notoriously unpredictable, but given the thinness of the defense and the strength of the prosecution, an acquittal would...
...government set out to prove the following: that McVeigh harbored a deep hatred of the Federal Government, that he had spent months acquiring materials for the bomb and planning the attack, that he was the one who rented the Ryder truck used in the bombing, and that traces of explosives were found on his clothes, knife and earplugs when he was arrested. The case was not airtight--no one testified to seeing McVeigh make the bomb or seeing him at the crime scene--but the government made a very powerful presentation. To counter it, Jones had three strategies: raise...
DENVER: Stephen Jones began his attempt to persuade jurors that although they've convicted his client on 11 counts in the most devastating terrorist act ever on U.S. soil, Timothy McVeigh does not deserve the death penalty. It's an almost impossible task after prosecutors spent two and a half days building a succinct and horrifying case that jurors should do exactly that. Witness after witness piled on details so gruesome that lawyers, journalists, U.S. marshals and members of the jury all wept: How, after the bomb went off, the floors of the Alfred P. Murrah building pancaked...
...Attorney is dead set on bringing others involved in the attack to justice. DA Robert Macy said he's going to move forward with a trial after Terry Nichols receives his day in court. Cole says the district attorney: "is not satisfied with the Fed's focusing on just McVeigh and Terry Nichols. He thinks John Doe 2 is still out there and he wants to go after some of the smaller players, like Michael Fortier." Macy also argues that the state trial is needed because the untested terrorism law under which McVeigh was convicted might not withstand appeals...