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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Newly revealed FBI documents about the
Oklahoma City bombing were turned over Monday to state prosecutors
who are seeking the death penalty against bombing conspirator Terry
Nichols.
The documents, including 4,400 reports and other materials
stored on 11 compact disks, are scheduled to be turned over to
Nichols' lawyers by Wednesday, state District Judge Ray Dean Linder
said.
Linder postponed Nichols' May 21 preliminary hearing after the
FBI revealed that it had failed to deliver the documents to
prosecutors in the federal trials of Nichols and executed bomber
Timothy McVeigh.
A new date for Nichols' preliminary hearing has not been set.
Linder scheduled a hearing for Nichols on July 11 to determine
whether the evidence has been exchanged between prosecution and
defense attorneys. A new date for the preliminary hearing could be
announced then, Linder said.
The document transfer was approved last week by U.S. District
Judge Richard Matsch, who presided over the federal trials of
Nichols and McVeigh.
Nichols, 46, is charged with 160 counts of first-degree murder
for the April 19, 1995, federal building bombing that killed 168
people and injured more than 500. State prosecutors plan to seek
the death penalty.
A federal jury convicted Nichols on federal involuntary
manslaughter and conspiracy charges and he was sentenced to life in
prison.
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