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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:33:12 -0700
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SNET: McVeigh's Lawyer to Appeal Bombing Case


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What's the appellate docket number, please?

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>DENVER (Reuter) -- The lawyer for Timothy McVeigh said Monday there was a
>long way to go before the condemned Oklahoma City bomber would be executed
>and said he would appeal the case on at least six grounds. 
>
>Appearing on ABC-TV's ``Good Morning America'' and other programs, Stephen
>Jones said he did not meet with McVeigh over the weekend, but said he hoped
>to later Monday. 
>
>He said McVeigh's demeanor is ``parade rest,'' which is a military term for
>relaxed, but attentive. Jones also said he did not know if McVeigh was
>frightened by the prospect of execution. 
>
>Jones told NBC's ``Today'' program that he would launch an extensive appeal
>of McVeigh's federal conviction on murder and conspiracy for the April 1995
>bombing that killed 168 people. 
>
>He said he would also appeal the death sentence, which was handed up Friday
>by the same jury that convicted McVeigh. 
>
>Jones signaled that the appeal would center on his contention that the court
>did not let he and his lawyers present a complete defense. 
>
>``There are six grounds at minimum we will raise,'' Jones said of his planned
>appeal. 
>
>He said the strongest area would be the court's refusal to let the defense
>present a former federal informant as a witness. That witness has reportedly
>said that she heard neo-Nazis plotting the bombing. 
>
>Jones also said he would appeal the case on grounds that the government's
>compulsory pre-trial disclosure of evidence was incomplete and parts of it
>were delayed. 
>
>On the death sentence, Jones said ``there was a long way to go'' before
>execution was carried out. 
>
>``There are appeals and other matters that we are investigating which may
>vacate the sentence,'' he told ABC. 
>
>Separately, USA Today reported Monday that lawyers are looking into two
>jurors, one of whom might have been planning a book about the case and
>another who reportedly said prior to deliberations: ``We know what we've got
>to do. Let's do it.'' 
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