Testimony ends at Nichols' trial

Saturday, May 22, 2004

McALESTER, Okla. -- Testimony ended Friday at the state murder trial of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols as prosecutors tried to refute defense theories that other accomplices helped plan the attack. Prosecutors questioned 13 witnesses over two days of rebuttals that hammered key elements of Nichols' defense, including suggestions that executed bomber Timothy McVeigh received help in the bombing that killed 168 people.

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