Nichols’ Lawyers Appeal for New Sentence
Lawyers for Terry L. Nichols asked an appeals court to reverse the Oklahoma City bombing conspirator’s conviction or allow him to be resentenced.
Nichols is serving life in prison on his 1997 conviction of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of eight federal agents in the 1995 bombing, which killed 168 people.
Defense attorney John Richilano argued that jurors should have considered whether Nichols knew his actions could lead to massive deaths.
Prosecutor Sean Connelly argued that a life sentence would still be appropriate if jurors had considered Nichols’ mental state.
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