Nichols may face death penalty for role in Oklahoma bombing

A STATE jury took just five hours to find Terry Nichols guilty of 161 counts of murder for the bombing that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building — charges for which he could be sentenced to death.

A juror wiped tears from her eyes as the verdicts were read by Judge Steven Taylor and several others appeared to have been crying. Prosecutors beamed as survivors and victims’ relatives hugged and congratulated them.

“After nine years, the families who lost loved ones finally have justice,” said a tearful Diane Leonard, whose husband, Secret Service agent Donald R. Leonard, died in the bombing.