Posted on 04/08/2005 12:13:13 PM PDT by kellynla
Eric Rudolph pleads guilty. Four life sentences.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
- Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty to the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics and three other blasts, a source close to the case told The Associated Press on Friday.The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Rudolph would receive four life sentences under the deal. He had faced a possible death sentence
This certainly doesn't sound true. Anybody have any other info?
I was always impressed by the scientific and precise way the FBI indintified, persued, tracked down and arrested Richard Jewel in this case. It was a masterful and typical piece of FBI law enforcement work and was so typical of the Reno/Freeh Department of Justice. It is just too bad that Jewel had nothing to do with the case. Actually, I guess any action of the Reno/Freeh FBI/Dept. of Justice where a bunch of Christian kids didn't die was a good one.
I'm not letting Jewell off the hook completely. He's never explained what the hell he was doing with nails in his basement.
Just announced on FOX.
"george wythe" has already posted the AP link.
He'll get death for the abortion clinic; the fact that he murdered people will have nothing to do with his punishment.
LOL- yeah...imagine..nails in the basement- clearly cause for suspicion:)
Rudolph should spend his life in prison- he and his ilk do untold damage to the pro-life movement.
Geez... I can't wait for the judicial oligarchy to overturn this...
because nobody considered Eric Rudolph feeeeeeeeeeeeeelings !!! ;-))
Why did it take our Justice system almost 10 years to finish this???
>>>Why did it take our Justice system almost 10 years to finish this???>>>
Maybe because he was missing in the wilderness for about six years or more?
Interesting. The blurbs have indicated that he will plead guilty in exchange for not facing the death penalty.
For himself ---- Choose Life
For those he doesn't like ---- Choose Death
What a useless POS.
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press Writer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty in the deadly 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics and three other blasts, The Associated Press learned Friday. A person who was briefed by the Justice Department on the agreement said Rudolph would receive four life sentences under the deal. Rudolph had faced a possible death sentence. The source spoke on condition of anonymity.
A Justice Department official in Washington, also speaking on the condition of anonymity because the agreement has not been formally announced, confirmed the plea agreement. An announcement was expected later Friday.
Neither U.S. Attorney Alice Martin or defense lawyer Bill Bowen immediately returned calls seeking comment.
In addition to the Olympic bombing, Rudolph also has been charged with setting off a blast in 1998 at an Alabama abortion clinic that killed an off-duty police officer and critically injured a nurse. Jury selection in that case began this week.
He is charged in two other 1997 bombings in Atlanta - one at a lesbian bar and one at a building that housed an abortion clinic.
One woman was killed and more than 100 people were injured in the Olympic bombing, which tore through Olympic Centennial Park during the Summer Games.
Word of the deal came amid reports that federal agents have been in western North Carolina this week detonating explosive materials in the region where Rudolph spent more than 5 1/2 years as a fugitive.
He was captured in 2003 near a grocery store trash bin in Murphy, N.C., in 2003.
I am glad to hear that. It is the least a criminal can do. Save the taxpayer dollar. Bombing any building, for whatever reason, is wrong. What he did is no better than what the abortionist do. Pro-life people must shun the likes of Eric R.
So what is Bob Celeste and the "christian patriots" in Maine going to say now that Rudolph pleaded guilty.
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