Nichols Seeks Forgiveness for Okla. City Bombing

[RedEarth]

McALESTER, Okla., Aug. 9 -- Speaking publicly for the first time, Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry L. Nichols on Monday asked survivors and families of victims for forgiveness and offered to correspond with them if they felt it would help them cope with the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people.

The slight, bespectacled Nichols made his comments at his sentencing to life in prison on a state conviction on 161 charges of first-degree murder, as well as charges of conspiracy and arson.



Terry L. Nichols is led from the courthouse after his state sentencing. "Words cannot adequately express the sorrow I have had. . . . I am truly sorry for what occurred."


"My heart truly goes out to all the victims, survivors and anyone who has been affected by the Oklahoma City bombing," he said. "Words cannot adequately express the sorrow I have had over the years for the grief that so many have endured and continue to suffer. I am truly sorry for what occurred."

Nichols read calmly from a prepared statement as he sat in the witness stand, his ankles and wrists shackled, the word "INMATE" stamped in large black letters on the back of his blue-gray prison suit. He asked for forgiveness and said he had found "a real and personal relationship with God through . . . Jesus Christ."



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[dedhed]

1. Awwww... poor guy... he's breaking my heart.

:puke:

:bounce:

[madrchsod]

2. George Norrie said it best last night

paraphrasing-i may forgive him if he tells who else was behind the bombing-

[noonwitch]

4. I'd guess his crazy brother was involved

We in Michigan have had to see far more of James Nichols than his brief appearance in "Bowling For Columbine". He's a loon, he's probably the one who taught them how to make bombs and he's got big-time ties to the right wing militias that are common in rural Michigan.

[Canuckistanian]

3. So he found God? What a surprise.

How.... unusual.

/sarcasm

[Bluzmann57]

5. nananana...hey hey...goodbye

and good riddance to that piece of human waste. I hope he lives to be about 90 years old and thinks about his murderous ways every day. No god can save his sorry ass now. One question though- where are the rest of the domestic terrorists? The focus seems to have shifted off of them. I'm pretty sure they didn't just disappear.