this is an interesting twist. why would the prosection subpoenea padilla?
if the prosecution puts lana padilla on the stand and she testifies that nichols was indeed involved in planning/bomb making sessions in the phillipines, she blows the lone bomber theory and sets up a reversal on appeal of terry's federal conviction?
I doubt okie state prosecutors really want to open this can of worms.
"I doubt okie state prosecutors really want to open this can of worms."
How so? Nichols remains guilty -- an active conspirator in the same plot. We would have merely discovered there were more conpirators, and different motivations, than had been known heretofore. Hardly a justification for a reversal.
Meanwhile, the Okie state prosecutors have the death penalty to hammer Nichols with. Which might inspire Nichols to unburden himself of some vital information...