Atlanta courthouse shootings defendant pleads not guilty

shawn703

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Tue May-17-05 09:59 AM
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Atlanta courthouse shootings defendant pleads not guilty

Brian Nichols, accused in a deadly courthouse shootout, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, robbery and escape stemming from the March shooting spree.

The pleas entered in Tuesday's arraignment came two weeks after a Fulton County grand jury returned a 54-count indictment against Nichols that includes four charges of murder. (Nichols indicted)

On March 11, Nichols, 33, allegedly shot and killed Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and his court reporter inside the Atlanta courtroom. Outside the courthouse, Nichols killed a sheriff's deputy and later killed a federal agent, police say.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/17/nichols.hearng/index.html

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RubyDuby in GA

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Tue May-17-05 10:05 AM
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1. Not guilty????

Right..........
And I'm the freakin' tooth fairy.

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illflem

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Tue May-17-05 10:13 AM
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2. Not guilty by reason that he's found god since the crimes

also known as the Fristian defense

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DFWdem

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Tue May-17-05 10:47 AM
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3. CNN: Atlanta courthouse shootings defendant pleads not guilty

Brian Nichols, accused in a deadly courthouse shootout, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, robbery and escape stemming from the March shooting spree.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/17/nichols.hearng/index.html

If his lawyer is successful with this not guilty plea, I'll have to say he's one hell of a lawyer!

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MrSlayer

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Tue May-17-05 10:47 AM
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4. What a waste of the taxpayer's money.

There is no doubt at all that he is guilty.

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tanyev

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Tue May-17-05 10:47 AM
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5. Bill Frist, Tom Delay, and John Cornyn

have given him his defense. It's the fault of all those activist judges.

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dbonds

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Tue May-17-05 10:47 AM
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6. My guess

He is trying to avoid the death penalty. So pleads not guilty now in hopes of either a deal or to mitigate the situation to the point where the death penalty doesn't apply. The purpose driven life obviously didn't include him being punished by death :sarcasm:

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Mike Daniels

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Tue May-17-05 10:53 AM
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7. I'm sure the media is thrilled about the not guilty plea

Edited on Tue May-17-05 10:53 AM by Mike Daniels

Now they can spend the summer reporting about this guy's trial vs. anything of real worth.

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