Judge Says State Can Try Nichols
A judge rejected a bid by convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry L. Nichols to have state charges thrown out of court.
District Judge Ray Dean Linder denied a defense motion alleging that the state had no jurisdiction to prosecute Nichols because Oklahoma officials had ceded jurisdiction to the federal government.
Nichols, 45, is serving life for his federal conviction on eight involuntary manslaughter counts and conspiracy. He now faces a state trial on 160 counts of first-degree murder in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Co-conspirator Timothy J. McVeigh faces a May execution for his role in the bombing.
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