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US Domestic Terrorism

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  1. 1997-05-21 May 21, 1997: Prosecution Rests in McVeigh Trial after ‘Masterful’ Presentation
  2. 1997-05-22 May 22, 1997: McVeigh Defense Opens with Suggestion that ‘Real’ Bomber Killed in Blast
  3. 1997-05-22 May 22, 1997: Defense in Oklahoma City Bomber Trial Casts Doubt on Identification of McVeigh as Truck Renter
  4. 1997-05-23 May 23, 1997: Defense Witness Tells Jury She May Have Seen McVeigh Get out of Truck Moments before Blast
  5. 1997-05-23 May 23, 1997: Judge Refuses to Allow Testimony of BATF Informant in McVeigh Trial
  6. 1997-05-23 May 23, 1997: Defense Casts Doubt on Timeline of Events Preceding Oklahoma City Bombing
  7. 1997-05-27 May 27, 1997: FBI Forensic Specialist Unable to Show that Poor Crime Lab Techniques Contaminated Evidence in McVeigh Investigation
  8. 1997-05-28 May 28, 1997: Defense Rests in McVeigh Trial; Unable to Shake Prosecution’s Case
  9. 1997-05-30 May 30, 1997: Prosecutors, Defense Present Closing Arguments in Oklahoma City Bombing Case
  10. 1997-06-02 June 2, 1997: McVeigh Convicted in Oklahoma City Bombing
  11. 1997-06-03 June 3, 1997: Nichols Trial Not Expected to Be as ‘Smooth’ for Prosecution as McVeigh’s
  12. 1997-06-04 June 4, 1997: McVeigh Trial Failed to Capture Nation’s Attention, Analysts Say
  13. 1997-06-05 June 5, 1997: Militia Leader Urges Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber to Demand Execution, Become Martyr
  14. 1997-06-05 June 5, 1997: New York Times Columnist Warns Americans, Media to Pay Closer Attention to Far-Right Extremists in Wake of McVeigh Conviction
  15. 1997-06-11 June 11-13, 1997: McVeigh Sentenced to Death in Oklahoma City Bombing
  16. 1997-06-13 June 13, 1997: Mother of Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber Blames Government, Media for Conviction
  17. 1997-06-14 June 14, 1997: New York Times Editorial Warns of Militia Threat
  18. 1997-06-14 June 14, 1997: Defense’s Emphasis of McVeigh’s Political Ideology May Have Contributed to Death Sentence, Analysts Say
  19. 1997-06-15 June 15, 1997: New York Times: Questions Remain about Possible Conspiracy Surrounding Oklahoma City Bombing
  20. 1997-06-18 June 18-24, 1997: Congress Bans Military Burial for Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber
  21. 1997-06-20 June 20, 1997: Times Columnist Rails against ‘Traitor Movement’ of ‘Gangs of Armed Racists’ that Spawned McVeigh
  22. 1997-06-30 June 30, 1997: Oklahoma Grand Jury to Examine ‘Larger Conspiracy’ behind Oklahoma City Bombing
  23. 1997-07-04 July 4-11, 1997: Militia Members Caught Readying Assault on Texas Army Base
  24. 1997-07-07 July 7-25, 1997: McVeigh Lawyers Ask for New Trial
  25. 1997-08-12 August 12, 1997: Nichols Lawyer Asks for Change of Venue; Request Denied
  26. 1997-08-12 August 12, 1997: Judge Denies McVeigh’s Request for New Trial
  27. 1997-08-14 August 14-27, 1997: McVeigh Blames Lawyer for ‘Screwing Up’ Defense, Asks for Lawyer’s Removal
  28. 1997-08-17 August 17, 1997: Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber Says He Is Likely to Be Executed
  29. 1997-08-28 August 28, 1997: Nichols Lawyer Concedes McVeigh’s Guilt in Oklahoma City Bombing
  30. 1997-08-29 August 29, 1997: New York Times: Prosecution of Accused Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator Likely to Be Far Different from Previous Trial
  31. 1997-09-14 September 14, 1997: Nichols Working on Defense from Cell
  32. 1997-09-23 March 29 - September 23, 1997: Judge Rules ‘NOW v. Scheidler’ a Class-Action Lawsuit Covering All US Women
  33. 1997-10-28 October 28, 1997: Doctor Shot in Upstate New York
  34. 1997-11-03 November 3, 1997: Trial of Accused Oklahoma City Bombing Co-Conspirator Begins
  35. 1997-11-04 November 4, 1997: Prosecution Opens Nichols Bombing Trial with Survivor Stories; Judge Restricts ‘Emotional’ Content of Testimonies
  36. 1997-11-06 November 6, 1997: Prosecution Witnesses Identify Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator as Man who Bought Fertilizer for Bomb
  37. 1997-11-07 November 7, 1997: Prosecution Ties Accused Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator to Bomb-Related Theft
  38. 1997-11-09 November 9, 1997: ’Unabomber’ Lawyers Expected to Mount Insanity Defense
  39. 1997-11-12 November 12-13, 1997: Friend of Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber Testifies at Co-Conspirator’s Trial
  40. 1997-11-17 November 17-18, 1997: Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator Tied to Arkansas Gun Dealer Robbery
  41. 1997-11-19 November 19, 1997: Ex-Wife of Accused Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator Testifies about Finding Proceeds from Robbery Left for Her
  42. 1997-11-20 November 20-21, 1997: FBI Agent Testifies about Accused Oklahoma City Bomb Conspirator’s Statements after Bombing
  43. 1997-11-25 November 25, 1997: Prosecutors Submit Evidence Challenging Nichols’s Version of Events
  44. 1997-12-01 December 1, 1997: Forensic Evidence Links Accused Oklahoma Bomb Conspirator to Bomb Components, Defense Challenges Findings
  45. 1997-12-02 November 28 - December 2, 1997: Prosecution Says Wood Shard Found at Bomb Site Implicates Nichols in Oklahoma City Bombing Plot
  46. 1997-12-02 December 2-3, 1997: Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator’s Defense Attempts to Place McVeigh with ‘John Doe No. 2’ and Not Nichols
  47. 1997-12-04 December 4, 1997: Defense in Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy Trial Continues to Allege that Others, Not Nichols, Involved in Bombing
  48. 1997-12-05 December 5, 1997: Defense in Oklahoma City Bomb Conspirator Trial Paints Co-Conspirator as Extremist
  49. 1997-12-09 December 9, 1997: Defense in Oklahoma City Bombing Conspirator Trial Continues to Assert that ‘John Doe No. 2,’ Not Nichols, Was McVeigh’s Co-Conspirator
  50. 1997-12-10 December 10-11, 1997: Defense Witnesses Point to Others in Oklahoma Bombing Conspiracy; Defense Rests