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McVeigh's team adds lawyers
TULSA, Okla. (AP) A lawyer who handled Timothy McVeigh's
original appeal has rejoined his defense team as it weighs new
evidence from the FBI.
However, McVeigh's lawyers said Monday that the Oklahoma City
bomber has still not decided whether to fight his execution or
conviction over the FBI's failure to turn over thousands of pages
of documents.
"His position has not changed," lawyers Rob Nigh and Nathan
Chambers said in a statement. "He is keeping his options open and
will make an informed decision concerning the legal and factual
information that we provide to him."
Richard Burr, a Houston death penalty expert who represented
McVeigh at his trial and on appeal, is rejoining the defense team
along with another one of McVeigh's trial attorneys, Chris Tritico.
McVeigh's lawyers are examining the documents to determine
whether they provide an opportunity to challenge his conviction and
death sentence for the 1995 blast that killed 168 people. The FBI
disclosure came just days before McVeigh was scheduled to be put to
death for the bombing.
McVeigh's execution, originally set for May 16, has been
postponed to June 11.
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