On April 19, 2000, the Oklahoma City National Memorial was dedicated on the site of the Murrah Federal Building, commemorating the victims of the bombing. It also passed legislation to increase the protection around federal buildings to deter future terrorist attacks. Congress passed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which tightened the standards for habeas corpus in the United States. Michael and Lori Fortier testified against McVeigh and Nichols Michael Fortier was sentenced to 12 years in prison for failing to warn the United States government, and Lori received immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony. Nichols was sentenced to life in prison in 2004. federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Sentenced to death, McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, at the U.S. The bombers were tried and convicted in 1997. When the FBI raided McVeigh's home, it found a telephone number that led them to a farm where McVeigh had purchased supplies for the bombing. The official FBI investigation, known as "OKBOMB", involved 28,000 interviews, 3.5 short tons (3,200 kg) of evidence, and nearly one billion pieces of information. federal government and unhappy about its handling of the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992 and the Waco siege in 1993, McVeigh timed his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the fire that ended the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Nichols had assisted with the bomb's preparation.
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militia movement, had detonated a Ryder rental truck full of explosives he parked in front of the building. McVeigh, a veteran of the Gulf War and a sympathizer with the U.S. Michael and Lori Fortier were later identified as accomplices. Forensic evidence quickly linked McVeigh and Nichols to the attack Nichols was arrested, and within days, both were charged.
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Within 90 minutes of the explosion, McVeigh was stopped by Oklahoma Highway Patrolman Charlie Hanger for driving without a license plate and arrested for illegal weapons possession. The Oklahoma City bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activated 11 of its Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces, consisting of 665 rescue workers who assisted in rescue and recovery operations. Local, state, federal, and worldwide agencies engaged in extensive rescue efforts in the wake of the bombing. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, and destroyed 86 cars, causing an estimated $652 million worth of damage. and killed at least 168 people, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed more than one-third of the building, which had to be demolished. Perpetrated by two anti- government extremists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing happened at 9:02 a.m. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P.
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