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== Charges, Trials, Convictions, and Punishment ==
== Charges, Trials, Convictions, and Punishment ==
McVeigh was charged in Federal court with 8 counts of murder of federal officers, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, and destroying government property via explosive<ref>http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=151372</ref>. To avoid a contaminated jury pool, the trial was held in Denver. On June 3, 1997, McVeigh was convicted of all charges.<ref>http://www.rickross.com/reference/mcveigh/mcveigh14.html</ref> He was sentenced to death and the sentence was carried out on June 11, 2001<ref>http://www.newsok.com/article/701218/</ref>.
McVeigh was charged in Federal court with 8 counts of murder of federal officers, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, and destroying government property via explosive<ref>http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=151372</ref>. To avoid a contaminated jury pool, the trial was held in Denver. On June 3, 1997, McVeigh was convicted of all charges.<ref>http://www.rickross.com/reference/mcveigh/mcveigh14.html</ref> He was sentenced to death and the sentence was carried out on June 11, 2001 by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Indiana<ref>http://www.newsok.com/article/701218/</ref>.
Terry Nichols was convicted of Federal charges of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and 8 counts of involuntary manslaughter of federal officers. He was sentended to life without the possibility of patrol. In 2004, he was found guilty on state charges of 161 counts of first degree murder, but the jury deadlocked on sentencing. The judge imposed 161 a sentence of 161 consecutive terms of life without the possibility of patrol.
Terry Nichols was convicted of Federal charges of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and 8 counts of involuntary manslaughter of federal officers. He was sentended to life without the possibility of patrol. In 2004, he was found guilty on state charges of 161 counts of first degree murder, but the jury deadlocked on sentencing. The judge imposed 161 a sentence of 161 consecutive terms of life without the possibility of patrol.