Terry Nichols

Terry Nichols
Nichols is one of three men convicted in the Oklahoma City bombing
Born	Terry Lynn Nichols (1955-04-01) April 1, 1955 (age 62) Lapeer, Michigan, U.S.
Other names	Ted Parker, Joe Rivers, Shawn Rivers, Joe Havens, Terry Havens, Mike Havens, Joe Kyle, Daryl Bridges
Occupation	Various short term and temporary jobs including farmer, real estate salesman, carpenter, ranch hand. Ten months of service in the Army.
Criminal penalty	161 sentences of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole
Criminal status	Incarcerated at ADX Florence supermax prison
Spouse(s)	Lana Walsh (divorced) Marife Torres (divorced)
Children	3
Motive	Anti-federal government sentiment
Conviction(s)	Federal court: Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction involuntary manslaughter of 8 federal law enforcement officers State court: Guilty on 161 counts of first degree murder, first degree arson and conspiracy.

Terry Lynn Nichols (born April 1, 1955) is an American convicted of being an accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing. Prior to his incarceration, he held a variety of short-term jobs, working as a farmer, grain elevator manager, real estate salesman and ranch hand. He met his future conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, during a brief stint in the U.S. Army, which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service. In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the Oklahoma City bombing – the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995. The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people.

After a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole because the jury deadlocked on the death penalty. He was also tried in Oklahoma on state charges of murder in connection with the bombing. He was convicted in 2004 of 161 counts of first degree murder, including one count of fetal homicide; first-degree arson; and conspiracy. As in the federal trial, the state jury deadlocked on imposing the death penalty. He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, setting a Guinness World Record and is incarcerated at ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado. He shares a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with Ramzi Yousef and Ted Kaczynski.