Feds Drop Charge Against Nichols

B

bci4usa

Moderator
www.11alive.com

Feds Drop Charge Against Nichols


Federal charges against courthouse shooting suspect Brian Nichols have been dropped while a mistrial has been declared in his rape case.

Three murder warrants have been issued, however, against Nichols, who is being held at a federal penitentiary.

Nichols, who is suspected in the shooting deaths of three people at the Fulton County courthouse Friday, had been expected at the federal courthouse in Atlanta Monday morning.

Federal authorities said they decided to drop their case against Nichols, for now, to clear the way for Fulton County authorities to take the lead in the case against him.

By dropping the charge -- possession of a firearm by a person under indictment for a felony -- without prejudice, the charge can be revived later. Nichols had been on trial for rape and other charges when he grabbed a deputy's weapon Friday morning and started a deadly rampage, authorities said.

"This action allowed Nichols to be returned to the custody of Fulton County, Georgia authorities from the custody of the United States Marshal Service," announced U.S. Attorney David Nahmias.

"This office will continue to confer with the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to determine what federal and state charges should be brought against Nichols and when such charges should be filed."

Nichols surrendered peacefully Saturday after holding a 26-year-old woman hostage inside her Gwinnett County apartment.

Nichols is suspected in the shooting deaths of Judge Rowland Barnes, court reporter Julie Brandau, Sheriff's deputy Hoyt Teasley, and U.S. Customs Agent David Wilhelm.

Nichols had been taken to the courthouse Friday morning for his second rape trial. The first ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury.

On Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Manis granted a defense motion and declared a mistrial in the second case against Nichols. Manis took over the case from her slain colleague, Rowland Barnes.
 
Nichols was not captured by the Feds; he never should have been placed into custody of the Feds; and the manner in which every news organization (including Fox) elevated the execution of a Federal Customs Agent over a local Deputy Sheriff, a Court Clerk and a Superior Court Judge were disgusting and insulting to ALL of these victims.

ATF made certain they were the first ones to call Fox and claim, "We got him."....they didn't. FBI immediately took him into custody on this BS "weapons charge"; over the Capital Crimes committed in the State of Georgia's Jurisdiction.

Georgia has the Death Penalty....the Feds do not, unless they can prove that Nichols had knowledge, in advance, that David Wilhelm was a Federal Agent. My heart goes out to S.A. Wilhelm's family, but he was a Georgian first and a Fed second.

Nichols' butt belongs to the State of Georgia. It belonged to the state of Georgia from the moment the first heart stopped beating in that Courtroom. The fact that the Feds took front row center at the outset was, quite simply, outrageous. And the media, jumping on the bandwagon as they did, were simply embarrassing.
Rich
 
Good news ,I guess he'll fry...... WE should have some discussions about the woman who made the call which resulted in his arrest. Though she is being hailed as a heroine [and getting her 15 minutes of fame] she could have avoided the whole experience by reporting a suspicious person immediately .She put herself in grave danger and is lucky to have survived !!!
 
don't get me started on this.

Want to join a topic about that go to


www.glocktalk.com they have it and some are pretty funny...


I will say this I think shes a lier. I think they knew each other.

I am not buying her story at all.

Georgia Lethal injection is the sole method. (On October 5, 2001, the Georgia Supreme
Court held that the electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment and struck down the
state's use of the method)
 
Is there ANY doubt in ANYBODY'S mind that he murdered those 3 people that day? Nevermind any of his previous violent felonies. Why is he using up taxpayer money sitting in jail, eating meals, waiting for yet another trial? He should be hanging from the gallows.
 
I will say this I think shes a lier. I think they knew each other.

I am not buying her story at all.
Click to expand...
Why? Because she didn't blow him away with the 50 cal smoke-pole in her sock, as so many of us internet commandos would? I personally couldn't care less what went thru her mind or what the relationship was....she handled the situation, stopped the killing and did what the entire Atlanta Sheriff's department failed to do.....and FAR mor than 99% of us would have done.

As to her "lying", Source please.
Rich
 
That's what I suspected would happen. They want him to be tried in state court and executed. Failing that for some reason, the statute of limitations on murder is unlimited - they could always charge him later in federal court. And don't forget - there IS a federal death penalty, and IINM, it DOES apply to the killing of federal LEOs, as in this case. Remember Mr. McVeigh? It's just not as sure of a thing as a Georgia jury. :eek: Added: On reading Rich's post #2, I have to say Rich is correct.

I frankly cannot believe that such a cold-blooded killer would let her go out like that - even if he had some sympathy for her, he's smart enough to know to get the hell out of dodge, once he lets her go - that she's liable to rat him out, given the situation. So something does indeed seem odd about that. However, absence any evidence that they knew each other, I'll have to chalk it up to good luck, and kudos to her for doing such a fine job of gaining his trust!
 
We got him, Gwinnett County PD SWAT took him into custody after he surrendered an they handed him over to the FBI.

We have him now, he killed a Brother Deputy Sheriff an act he will be put to death for in this state, and he killed a Superior Court Judge and a civilian court reporter an act he will be put to death for.

According to people who were there and took part in his arrest when he walked out of the apartment he was shacking like a leaf in march and had pi$$ed on himself, he also had vomited on the sofa he was sitting on after he ate some food during his final little “hostage” situation.

The man knew his only hope of living to see the sun set that day was to give up immediately that every cop that day was looking for a reason to pull that trigger, any reason, just one.

He knew he was a dead man if he made them come in that apartment after him.

Personally if I was point on that stick going in that apartment after him he would of made a threatening move and I would have killed him and every cop who went in with me would have said the same, if charged with a crime I would have requested a bench trial before a superior court judge in the state of GA a right the state cannot deny me or anyone accused of a crime in GA.

I'll see him in hell.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top