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Almost five years after Terry Nichols (search) was sentenced to life behind bars in a federal prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma prosecutors are hoping to win a more severe punishment on state charges: his life.
Nichols was to appear before a judge Monday at a preliminary hearing that will determine whether there is enough evidence to send him to death row on 160 counts of first-degree murder.
Martha Ridley said she has waited eight years for Nichols to be prosecuted for the death of her daughter, Kathy Ridley, in the April 19, 1995, attack on the Oklahoma City federal building.
"These people deserve justice," Ridley said. "He wasn't given the death penalty and these people are just as dead today as they were April 19. And they will never come back."
This afternnoon in Oklahoma City a trial with capital implications will begin. The reasons why some of the people of Oklahoma City want this trial are stated above. They want closure and do not feel they've gotten it. Others directly involved oppose re-opening the whole can of worms for about the same reasons.