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Chapter Closed in the Nichols Case

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"U.S. Attorney: No federal trial, death penalty for Nichols," also by Bill Rankin, is in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution.There will be no death penalty for Brian Nichols. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney David Nahmias announced he will not seek death against the quadruple murderer, ending a case that began with a bloody rampage four years ago at Georgia?s busiest courthouse. A ?careful and thorough review? by federal prosecutors and FBI agents led them to conclude that a federal prosecution against Nichols was unwarranted, Nahmias said in a statement. Nichols was sentenced in December to life in prison without parole after a Fulton County jury could not reach a unanimous verdict, deadlocking 9-3 in favor of death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).