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Pivotal rulings by Judge Richard Matsch stymied Jones on two of those strategies. A judge can exclude evidence if he believes it is prejudicial or irrelevant or simply too insubstantial, and on three occasions, Matsch refused to let Jones introduce material the latter dearly hoped to present. Matsch allowed the jury to see only a small part of a Justice Department report that harshly criticized the fbi forensics lab, which did crucial work in the Oklahoma City case; he forbade Jones to try to show that a worldwide conspiracy may have been responsible for the bombing; and he barred testimony...
...Murrah building. In an internal ATF memo written in April 1995 and obtained by Time, Howe told her supervisors that Elohim City leaders talked to her about blowing up federal buildings in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. If McVeigh is found guilty, Jones will probably appeal, targeting this ruling of Matsch...
DENVER: Asserting that he does not want Timothy McVeigh?s sentencing hearing to turn into ?some kind of lynching,? Judge Richard Matsch blocked the prosecution's plan to introduce some highly emotional material, including wedding photographs of victims and a father?s poem about his dead child. Arguments centered on the federal Victims Rights Act, which allows crime victims to attend trials and testify about the crime's impact. The act was hastily shoved through Congress in March in response to Matsch's refusal to allow anyone who attended the trial to testify during its criminal phase. Though a federal...
...strategy for that phase, but Jones may ask the jury to consider McVeigh's youth and the fact that he served his country during the Gulf War. Another possible tactic: Put McVeigh, who did not testify during the trial, on the stand to appeal for mercy. Because Judge Matsch has put lawyers for both sides under a gag order, Jones would not comment on the future of the case, but he is expected to appeal Monday's verdict. No matter what the sentence, the trial just concluded concerned only the 8 federal employees killed in the blast. Oklahoma state officials...
...PETN on the door handle? Where is the PETN on the fingerprint card at the Noble County Courthouse?" "It seemed Tritico was getting through to the jury, and he was certainly getting through to even the biggest skeptics of the defense's case," notes Cole. "When Judge Richard Matsch adjourned for the day, it was still clear that while the defense had its back against the wall, the prosecution still had holes in its case." The big hurdle for the prosecution is that despite a mountain of evidence showing McVeigh had a motive for the attack, despite Fortier's assertion...