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Convicted Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols didn't find much legal sympathy in his quest to gain two million dollars and his own personal diet in prison.
Nichols had filed suit claiming that he was suffering because he didn't like prison food, that he needed a special diet that included more bran, and standard joint food violated his religious rights. To sweeten his pot, Nichols is seeking millions in damages.
Today U.S. Magistrate Judge Boyd Boland denied Nichols' motion that the Supermax penitentiary in Florence, Colo. provide him with a specially-chosen diet. Boland said that Nichols was in "no immediate danger" from standard prison fare. Still in the legal system: Nichols' claim for monetary damages for his alleged suffering due to prison food.
Nichols, who with Timothy McVeigh planned the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, also claimed that the government's failure to provide him with personal food selections violated his constitutional rights. TheMcVeigh/Nichols attack killed 168 people, including more than a dozen children, and injured more than 800 others in an act of domestic terrorism unlike any in American history.
The 14th anniversary of that tragic day was recently honored at the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum. Today,Museum officials announced that former President Bill Clinton would make his first-ever visit to the Memorial on May 2. He'll speak to a selected guest list that includes trustees and donors.
Image: Nichols, in a bullet-proof vest, being escorted by law enforcement personnel, AP file photo.
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