[Lawgvr1955]

Why was she giving testamony at all? Was she pressured? Doesn't a wife have the right not to give testamony against her husband? Can any Freeper attorney shed some light on this?

In most jurisdictions a spouse can not testify as to conversations with the other spouse. It generally is not a limitation on evidence of actions the one spouse observed. The privilege is made to protect the sanctity of conversations between spouses. Generally the law also protects conversations of doctors and patients, priests (religous leader) and confessant, lawyers and clients. In this case his wife testified as to observable facts, the finding of money, the key, etc. I am not from Oklahoma so I don't know what the "marital privilege" covers.

[judicial meanz]

It doesnt cover much, if anything at all. The laws were revised in the mid 90's after a series of husband-wife crimes.

Now that most of the allegations of the criminal activity mcVeigh and Nichols participated in prior to the bombing are being addressed by testimony, I wonder when the testimony will turn to the incident in which Nichols and Padilla's child died of asphyxiation ( crawled inside of a plastic bag?). I seem to remember McVeigh was under some suspicion about that, since he was around and unaccounted for.

Anyone remember anything about that?