April 8, 2005

STILL NO WORD FROM THE ACLU:

Rudolph to Plead Guilty to Bombings (Fox News, April 08, 2005)

Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and setting off three other blasts in a deal that allows the anti-government extremist to escape the death penalty, Justice Department officials said Friday.

"The many victims of Eric Rudolph's terrorist attacks ... can rest assured that Rudolph will spend the rest of his life behind bars," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 8, 2005 6:47 PM
Comments

Per an earlier post, to which office does Richard Jewell go to get HIS reputation back?

Posted by: Rick T. at April 8, 2005 7:03 PM

How often does a convicted murderer spend the rest of his life behind bars?

Posted by: GER at April 8, 2005 7:38 PM

How often does a convicted murderer spend the rest of his life behind bars?

Posted by: GER at April 8, 2005 7:39 PM

My understanding is that Richard Jewell did get a significant chunk of change from the MSM, if not from the Federal Government, which should also have paid.

They shouldn't have offered Rudolph the deal. He should be vivisected without anesthetic.

Posted by: bart at April 8, 2005 7:47 PM

GER
Maybe some of the lawyers at this site can correct me, but my understanding is that under the federal system if you get life, it means life.

Posted by: h-man at April 8, 2005 7:54 PM

Had they sentenced him to die by firing squad, would we have heard from the anti-death penalty legions?

Posted by: ed at April 8, 2005 8:05 PM

h-man:

You are correct under the federal sentencing guidelines. However, the Supreme Court just ruled those guidelines unconstitutional. As long as a federal court (or any court, for that matter) has jurisdiction to hear a challenge to a life sentence 'without parole,' there is no such thing as 'life without parole.'

Posted by: Fred Jacobsen (San Fran) at April 8, 2005 9:28 PM

No court is going to let him out. "Right wing" extremists don't get breaks, only left wing ones. Not that he deserves any.

Posted by: Bob at April 9, 2005 11:39 AM
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