OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, already serving a life prison term, has been charged with 160 counts of murder by state prosecutors who have vowed to seek the death penalty.
"I'm not satisfied with the outcome of the Nichols trial," District Attorney Bob Macy said Monday after filing a 56-page document outlining the charges. "I feel like he needs to be tried before an Oklahoma jury."Nichols, 43, is in federal prison for conspiracy and the deaths of eight law enforcement officers in the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Hundreds were injured and 168 people were killed.
"It will take a year to get to trial. It's a very complex trial," Macy said. He predicted a series of legal challenges to trying Nichols in Oklahoma, including a request for a change of venue from Oklahoma County.