Terry Nichols' Jury Chosen
By Jeralyn, Section Oklahoma City Bombing
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2004 at 02:53:21 PM EST
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Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2004 at 02:53:21 PM EST
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In only 9 days, a jury has been seated for the Oklahoma murder trial of Terry Nichols. We find this shocking. Even with a change of venue to Denver, and a trial in federal court-- which is known for limited voir dire as compared to that allowed by state courts-- jury selection lasted a month in Terry Nichols' case and three weeks in the case of Timothy McVeigh.
With so much prejudice against Nichols in Oklahoma, the short jury selection process--with most of the questioning done by the judge--gives us very little confidence that this will be a fair trial.
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