...One of the more popular cases were a change of venue was implement was the Oklahoma City bombing case. The defendant in the case Timothy McVeigh was tried for his crimes outside of Oklahoma City, even though that is where the offense occurred. There was so much publicity around the trial that it would have been impossible to pick members for a jury who were not biased or had some personal connection to the case. The case was moved to Denver, Colorado where a jury could be picked from individuals with less of a connection to the bombings. This would ensure McVeigh’s constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury. Changes of venue in the federal court system are usually changed for two particular reasons. One reason a change of venue is granted...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing “According to one survey,38.5% of the state respondents personally knew a victim of the blast”(Gleick p61).The Oklahoma City Bombing was the largest bombing on U.S. soil before 911,and it is the biggest domestic bombing in Oklahoma history.That bombing wasn't the first one that day but the second one.The Oklahoma City Bombing is known for it’s description ,harmful effects; and the trial. A veteran named Timothy McVeigh had driven a truck that had been full with ammonium nitrate into downtown Oklahoma City twenty two years ago.The Oklahoma City Bombing was a terrorist bombing using a 4,800 pound truck bomb outside the Alfred. P Murrah federal building.Built up anger that Mcveigh had against the U.S. federal government,citizens,and politics lead him to bomb the federal building(Walsh p400).McVeigh decided to bomb the federal building because of all the anger he had built up...
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...Morganne Rhine Tim Timmons US History II 11/27/12 The Oklahoma City Bombing This is a review of the book entitled Terrorist Attacks: The Oklahoma City Bombing by Geraldine Giordano. The author’s purpose is to inform the reader about the life of Timothy McVeigh, convicted bomber, the destructive plan, the actual bombing, the investigation of the case, and the aftermath. Giordano hooks the reader by implementing a very dramatic introduction of the events of that morning. “It was a day no one would soon forget” (Giordano 5). The first chapter is devoted to the life of Timothy McVeigh, his biographical information, and additional facts of interest to the reader, such as McVeigh and a friend bought 10 acres of land in New York and told their parents that they wanted to use the land for hunting. In reality, they planned to use the land as a survivalists’ bunker. It was surprising to learn that McVeigh wanted to be a Green Beret but failed the required psychiatric test. Chapter two is devoted to the alliance between McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier. The author suggests that the Ruby Ridge incident and the Waco incident concerning the Branch Davidians were turning points for McVeigh. The author argues that the Murrah Building was targeted for several reasons. The first reason being that McVeigh knew the building contained several government offices and agencies. According to her, McVeigh believed that he could retaliate against those who were responsible for...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing On the morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck loaded with homemade bombs outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Shortly after he fled from the parked truck, the bombs exploded resulting in a total of 168 deaths and hundreds more with injuries. (Staff). Terry Nichols was a co-conspirator in the bombing. Timothy and Terry became friends while in the army. He found guilty on one count of conspiracy and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter resulting in life in prison (Staff). On the other hand, however, McVeigh was convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy. McVeigh made attempts to stop all appeals of his convictions. In June of 2001 he died by lethal injection...
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...Oklahoma City Bombing and the Media Before September 11, 2001 America was attacked April 19, 1995 by one of its own citizens, the attack is now known as the Oklahoma City Bombing. The attack claimed 168 lives, which 19 of them were children and several hundred were injured, (FBI). By definition this attack was terrorism; terrorism is the unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or government, often for ideological or political reasons, (Barnett, Reynolds). From researching and studying terrorism and the media this paper will include; the background on Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing, how it was reported, how it is different from now and the speculations of how the media helped or harmed the situation. Timothy McVeigh grew up living a ‘normal life’, with loving parents and childhood friends but he felt unloved. In third grade he witnessed a neighbor boy drown a bag of kittens in a nearby pond he was so disgusted that day forward he could not bear the sight of death to the point he stopped shooting bull frogs with his bb gun. That all changed when he joined the United States Army and was deployed to the Gulf War. In basic and deployment training his mind set was changed to killing was an act of war, he even declared the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building an act of war, (Michel, Herbeck).It was just a mission and solider are...
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...Giordano, Geraldine. “Chapter One: Timothy McVeigh.” The Oklahoma City Bombing, The Rosen Publishing Group Inc., 2003, #7-12. Timothy McVeigh was in the army when he was a young man. He befriended Terry Nichols, his accomplice during The Oklahoma City Bombing. They tended to talk about the Government and politics together(Giordano). They talked about how the government made them spend too much money on taxes. They also agreed that the government was making our economy bad. Timothy McVeigh also tended to tell people that he was a survivalist, someone who is preparing for something really bad or disastrous to happen, which it did. This book is a very credible source to use for this project. I used the chapter “Timothy McVeigh” which proved to be very helpful when forming my thesis statement. It was published by the Rosen Publishing Group Inc....
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...Oklahoma City Bombing: 1995 Mary Kate Hudson EMGT 616 – Spring 2015 A rental truck was filled with improvised explosive devices and was left in front of a busy federal building in Oklahoma City. The aftermath of the explosions left over 150 people dead and many more severely injured. This was the worst case of domestic terrorism that the country had seen to date. Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building The Murrah building was named after an Oklahoma federal judge Alfred P. Murrah. It was designed and created in March of 1977 out of reinforced concrete (Locke). The building had nine floors that contained 16 federal buildings including the Social Security Administration, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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...a desire for fame. . Timmy McVeigh was convicted of the bombing and was eventually executed, while Terry Nichols was convicted of conspiracy in connection with the bombing and is serving life in prison. 22 years later, the Oklahoma City Bombing is known as the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in the nation’s history. 5 thousand pounds of explosives were inside of the Ryder truck that Timothy McVeigh parked in front of the Murrah Building. In a matter of seconds, the bomb went off killing 168 people, and injuring hundreds more. Along with the injured people, some additional damage that was caused by this act of terror includes cars that were incinerated and more than 300 buildings that were...
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...THE OKLAHOMA BOMBING CONSPIRACY The Oklahoma City bombing which occurred on April 19, 1995 has gone down in history as the worst domestic terror attack in the history of the United States. The attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured over 500 others. The front of the building was blown up with a fertilizer bomb hidden in a rented truck. Timothy McVeigh aged 33, a Persian Gulf War veteran, was responsible for the attack. He has since been convicted and was executed with Potassium Chloride injection on June 11, 2001 at the Federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Two other persons indicted in the case were Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, friends of McVeigh and fellow veterans....
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...Truman disregarded article 128 by assaulting the whole country of Japan. Truman is ultimately guilty of war crimes by dropping the bombs and should have faced repercussions(workers.org). The Oklahoma City Bombing Case The Oklahoma City Bombing is the worst domestic terrorist act in US history(fbi.gov). Timothy McVeigh was an ex-military soldier and the man behind the bombing. The bomb went of on April 19th, 1995 just in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City (fbi.gov). The surrounding area was completely destroyed with over 300 buildings damaged and 168 lives lost. Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier were both conspirators involved in either creating the bomb or helping cover it up. Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier were sentenced to prison for conspiracy and Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for murder (washingtonpost.com). The Oklahoma City Bombing can be related to the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because both are major bombings on civilians. Harry S. Truman and McVeigh both murdered a mass amount of civilians with no warning. Many of Truman's advisors and other government employees were involved in the bombing conspiracy. These people should be thought of the same as the conspirators of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Truman is guilty of the same crimes as McVeigh because they both committed the same crime. Zacarias Moussaoui Case On September 11th of 2001, terrorists flew two planes into the Twin Tower buildings in New York killing almost 3,000...
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...Analysis of the Oklahoma City Bombing On April 19th, 1995, at 9:02 AM a bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City. The cause of the explosion was an Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil bomb in a 24 foot rental truck parked in the street on the north side of the building (Oklahoma City Fire Department Report of the Bombing). The building was home to sixteen federal agencies. This was the most destructive terrorist act on American soil until the 9/11 attacks. The chief conspirators in this attack have been Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols which met in 1988 at Fort Benning during basic training for the U.S. Army. Michael Fortier which also had some degree in involvement had been McVeigh’s army roommate. The three were sharing a common interest in survivalism and vehemently opposed gun control. They have all expresses anger with the way the Federal Government handled the 1992 FBI standoff with Randy Weaver at Ruby Bridge and the 1993 FBI standoff at Waco, Texas against the Davidians which ended with the burning and shooting deaths of David Koresh and 75 others. In March 1993, McVeigh visited the Waco site during the standoff, and then again after its conclusion. McVeigh later decided to bomb a federal building as a response to the raids. McVeigh initially decided to bomb a federal building but latter considered that his message would have a much greater impact if many people were killed in the bombing. McVeigh’s main criterion for choosing...
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...has become a problem around the world. Many innocent people are killed by terrorists. You can see terrorism in multiple forms including but not limited to, bombing, hijacking, cross border terrorist activities and massacres on a massive scale. Its consequences are very frightening. Though much effort is put into eliminating terrorism, it is impossible to get rid of it until some strict laws are devised. Whenever and wherever society is victim to brutality, injustice, wrongs and intolerance, terrorism cannot be eradicated. Terrorism was a dormant issue in the media until the attacks on the USA. The organized use of violence to target non-combatants for political purposes, is one of the most effective ways to gain media attention. Mainly used by extremist groups in the hopes of gaining recognition for their cause (weather it is religious, political or otherwise.) Several attacks on the US have recently made headlines. The attack on the USS Cole (October 12, 2000), US Embassy bombings in Kenya + Tanzania (August 7, 1998), Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995) and finally the World Trade Centre bombing on February 26 1993. What we need to recognize about terrorism is its message. Attacks are always perfectly planned and precise, almost showing that they could do better. It was a clear, beautiful day in the town of Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Richard Williams arrived to work as normal, waving and smiling to his co-workers as he headed through the hallways of the Alfred P. Murrah...
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...Stephen Jonesof the events leading up to the horrific bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. In Cover Up, Peter Lance exposes how the American government had evidence and knowledge prior to the attack on 9-11 and failed to act appropriately. Both of these books share various similarities but two that stand out the most are that the government had prior knowledge that wold have prevented both devastating attacks on American soil and how the government leisurely handled both investigations. We would expect that the government to protect us from a foreign invader or a domestic attack but failed both tasks, in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, and the terrorist attack in New York on September 11, 2001. No one will ever forget the Oklahoma City bombing on the Murrah Federal Building which killed 168 people, including nineteen children under the age of six (Jones 16). It has been portrayed as an attack by Americans, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, against other Americans. This attack, which could have been prevented, has strong evidence that McVeigh and Nichols were only two members of a broad conspiracy, one that included other white supremacists and possibly Iraqi agents. Larry Mackey, number-two prosecutor on the government’s team, called Stephen Jones to see if he would join him in denouncing the claim of Carol Howe, an informant for the ATF, that the government had prior knowledge of the bombing over a press conference (Jones 218). To make such an incredible...
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...known as domestic terrorism. This has been seen over the past decade in the form of violence and terrorism across the United States. This has become a threat to American security and the American people in general. To battle against this issue, Congress has upheld the Anti-Terrorism Act in 1996. One of the best examples on examining these acts of uproar can be viewed, seen and understood by studying the case of the Oklahoma bombing which occurred in 1996. Major newspaper headlines have also described the World Trade Center bombing, the Unabomber’s arrest and Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta as other major cases. All this demonstrates how sinister1 terrorism is in American society. This paper will explain background data on anarchy/terrorism, case studies including the Oklahoma bombing, government’s reaction toward terrorism. In addition terrorism now and the years coming. A number of terrorist attacks in the 1990s have brought the fear to the public, giving rise to vulnerability2 between many Americans. Most terrorist incidents in the United States have been bombing attacks, involving detonated and undetonated explosive devices, tear gas and pipe and fire bombs. The effects of terrorism can cause loss of life and injuries to property damage and disruptions in services such as electricity, water supply, public transportation and communications. The dictionary defines terrorism as “ n. the policy of using acts to inspiring terror as a method of ruling or of conducting political...
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...The Oklahoma City Bombing The bomb that exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building on April 19, 1995 was the deadliest act of terror until 9/11. Hundreds of men, women and children were murdered and an entire nation was devastated. Several hundred buildings were damaged and many people were left homeless. This type of carnage was not seen on American soil and it had a lasting impact. The bomber was Timothy McVeigh; a name that will be remembered in infamy. Timothy McVeigh was a distraught individual who believed the United States was the ultimate bully and he prepared to attack the U.S. Two key events that made him attack were the Waco Siege and the Ruby Ridge incident. He loathed how the federal government handled these...
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