- 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.
He'll get death for the abortion clinic; the fact that he murdered people will have nothing to do with his punishment.
Geez... I can't wait for the judicial oligarchy to overturn this...
because nobody considered Eric Rudolph feeeeeeeeeeeeeelings !!! ;-))
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.
Good for the feds in getting a plea in this case.
Rudolph is somewhat of a folk hero among some of the anti-gov nutcase crowd. Better to let him rot in prison than to make him a martyr by executing him, giving the extremists a date to mark with more violence, like McVeigh did on the anniversary of the Branch Dividian fire.
I don't trust anything they tell us about that bombing any more than I trust what they say about TWA 800. There was no good reason to cut a deal with this scumbag if they had a solid case against him for Olympic Park.
For those who forgot. Here is Richard Jewell's story.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/sports/jewell_10-28.html
Wasn't Clinton in command at this time?
I always thought the Atlanta bombing did not fit his motivations in the abortion clinic bombings.
A bit surprised.
Anti-gay white supremacist in an Alabama or Georgia prison. Yeah, death is too good for him. He'll pay for his crimes this way. Probably a few times every day.
I'll bet today is an interesting day for Richard Jewell.
So when does the falsely accused Richard Jewel get his life back?
Did Richard Jewel ever sue the Reno's FBI after the hell they put him through?
Rudolph is a domestic terrorist and should be charged and prosecuted as such. He is no different than Atta or bin Laden.