TONY CLARK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Terry Nichols was the second person charged in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing. He was charged with 11 counts of conspiracy and murder in connection with the eight deaths of the federal agents who were killed in Oklahoma City. The other 160 people who were killed, while that was a major part of the trial, it was not part of the actual charges. The jury found Nichols guilty of one count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, and also guilty of eight counts of involuntary manslaughter, which was a lesser charge -- rather than charging him with murder. They did find him not guilty of the use of a weapon of mass destruction; and also not guilty of causing the destruction of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. The jury, in reaching their verdict, appeared to decide that he was not as culpable as Timothy McVeigh in the bombing because he was not actually there at the scene. But, in his sentencing statement, Judge Matsch indicated that he felt that Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh both shared responsibility for the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. Terry Nichols has been housed in the county jail in Oklahoma City. He faces 160 murder charges. There will be a preliminary hearing and then the trial expected sometime next year.
CNN 20: Nichols Convicted in First Trial, December 23, 1997