What a tragedy. No wonder the intel services are ignoring the third (Iraqi) conspirator.
By TIM TALLEY, Associated Press Writer
McALESTER, Okla. - Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols was again spared the death penalty Friday when jurors who convicted him of 161 murder counts deadlocked over his sentence, denying state prosecutors the execution that was the main reason for bringing the case.
Just as a federal jury deadlocked six years earlier, state jurors could not agree on Nichols' punishment for helping executed bomber Timothy McVeigh (news - web sites) blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people.
Nichols is set to be sentenced Aug. 9 by Judge Steven Taylor, who is required by law to sentence Nichols to life in prison.