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Seth Trickey, 14 --13 when crime committed --Tried as a juvenile in Oklahoma --Wounded five students --In a juvenile-treatment center possibly until 19 LIFE NOW Tends to stay to himself. Continues to receive military-history magazines --By Amanda Bower
There are other kids lost in their own worlds. Trickey, according to a report of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, "does not show any remorse for his crime and has little insight into his problems." Father John Kiernan, who used to visit Solomon regularly, says he seemed unaware of the consequences of his rampage. But in 1999, Solomon carved an X across his chest, apparently with a fingernail, and last January he attempted suicide by swallowing 22 pills of the antidepressant Elavil that he had bought from another inmate...
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...
...else planted the bomb or that McVeigh was simply a pawn in a vast conspiracy. His lawyers claimed that Carol Howe, a onetime informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, was prepared to testify that she had heard militia leaders discuss blowing up buildings in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and that she knew several men who traveled frequently to Oklahoma City to inspect the Murrah Federal Building. The government claimed that despite spending eight months as a paid informant, Howe had gathered no evidence of a conspiracy in the works, coming forward with her tale only after...
Even Republican Congressmen, who face voter wrath more frequently than Senators, are getting antsy. "People are asking us, 'What are you guys going to do about these high energy prices?'" says Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts Jr. "High gas prices didn't happen overnight, but explaining that to voters is tough." G.O.P. Congressmen don't want to return to angry town meetings in their districts with an energy plan that lacks concrete steps to deal with high gas prices and energy brownouts. "We've got members of Congress who are freaked out over this," says a senior House G.O.P. aide...