Terry Nichols, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Terry Nichols

American terrorist and mass murderer

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1955

Place of Birth: Lapeer, Michigan, United States

Profession: real estate broker, soldier, terrorist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Terry Nichols

  • Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted of being an accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman and ranch hand.
  • He met his future co-conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, during a brief stint in the U.S.
  • Army, which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service.
  • In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the truck bombing of the Alfred P.
  • Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995.
  • The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people.After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel.
  • He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after the jury deadlocked on the death penalty.
  • He was also tried in Oklahoma on state charges of murder in connection with the bombing.
  • He was convicted in 2004 of 161 counts of first degree murder, including one count of fetal homicide; first-degree arson; and conspiracy.
  • As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty.
  • He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is incarcerated at ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado.
  • He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with Ramzi Yousef, Eric Rudolph, and Ted Kaczynski.

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