[doug from upland]

McVeigh's attorneys battled mightily to win more time to investigate information contained from more than 4,400 pages of material not previously available to the defense. The FBI argued there was nothing in the documents that raised any doubt about McVeigh's conviction.

McVeigh's lawyers said that was not the point.

They contended McVeigh was cheated by the FBI. That it did not play by the rules. That, if given more time, they might be able to prove a fraud upon the court. If successful, they might be able to persuade a jury to overturn McVeigh's death sentence.

It was not to be. The legal arguments, in a flurry of briefs and oral arguments, ultimately fell on deaf ears.

In the end, with McVeigh's attorneys willing to fight on, McVeigh pulled the plug.

[LS]

Again, even if that's the case, why? Especially if he was only one of an "army?" Why not take his "cause" to the public? Doesn't wash.