Judge Steps Down From Nichols Bombing Case
From Times Wire Reports
The judge overseeing the capital murder trial of Oklahoma City bombing suspect Terry Nichols stepped down, blaming the grinding delays that have stalled it on his docket for more than two years.
State District Judge Ray Dean Linder became the second judge to leave the case.
“I have reached a decision after four or five sleepless hours last night,” Linder said during a pretrial hearing. “They need to get a judge who can move this thing along expeditiously.”
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