Drawings from Nichols trial

Published: May 18, 2004

These artist renderings are the work of Pat Lopez of The Associated Press

Defense attorney Creekmore Wallace stands behind Terry Nichols as he makes his closing argument on Wednesday, June 9, 2004.	Prosecuting attorney Sandra Elliott gives the closing argument for the prosecution on Wednesday, June 9, 2004.
Barbara Bergman, left, one of the defense attorneys for convicted Terry Nichols, gives a closing argument on Tuesday, June 8, 2004.	Judge Steven Taylor, center, listens as prosecuting attorney Suzanne Lister, left, gives a closing argument to the jury, right, in the penalty phase on Tuesday, June 8, 2004.
Todd McCarthy, whose father James McCarthy, was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, reads a victim impact statement that hinted at opposition to the death penalty on Monday, June 7, 2004.	Presiding Judge Steven Taylor, left, urges the jury to steer clear of media accounts of the trial on Tuesday, June 8, 2004.
Suzanne McDonnell, the younger sister of Terry Nichols, testifies on Nichols' behalf on Monday, June 7, 2004.	From left, defense team members for Terry Nichols, Lennis Ailey, and Richard Demarest, attorney Barbara Bergman, attorney Creekmore Wallace, Terry Nichols and lead defense attorney Brian Hermanson on Monday, June 7, 2004.
Lana Padilla, right, former wife of Terry Nichols, testifies on Nichols' behalf on Monday, June 7, 2004. At left is a depiction of an overhead projection of a photograph of Nichols with his son, Joshua Nichols.	Leslie Nichols, the older brother of Terry Nichols, testifies on Nichols' behalf on Monday, June 7, 2004.
Terry Nichols holds a tissue in his hand and closes his eyes as he listens to a statement from Luke Franey, a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent, on Thursday, June 3, 2004.	Marife Torres, the second ex-wife of Terry Nichols, testifies on Nichols' behalf on Monday, June 7, 2004.
Members of the jury listen to statements from families of the victims on Wednesday, June 2, 2004.	Terry Nichols watches a video of the damage from the bombing on Thursday, June 3, 2004.
Judge Steven Taylor, and prosecuting attorneys Sandra Elliott, Lou Keel and Suzanne Lister, from left, listen along with the jury, at right, as Constance Favorite, center, gives a statement on Wednesday, June 2, 2004.	Judge Steven Taylor, left, talks to members of the jury, right, on Wednesday, June 2, 2004. Two members of the jury considering sentencing for Nichols were dismissed by Taylor on Wednesday and were replaced by the last two remaining alternate jurors.
Terry Nichols with his defense team, Creekmore Wallace, left, Brian Hermanson, second from right, and Barbara Bergman, right, on Tuesday, June 1, 2004.	Shelly Thompson Fravert reads a statement during the penalty phase on Tuesday, June 1, 2004.
The jury on Wednesday, May 26, 2004.	Terry Nichols listens as one of his defense attorneys, Creekmore Wallace, gives his opening arguments in the sentencing phase on Tuesday, June 1, 2004.
Prosecuting attorney Sandra Elliott, center, gives her closing argument to the jury, not seen, as defendant Terry Nichols, left, lead defense attorney Brian Hermanson, second from left, and Judge Steven Taylor, right, watch on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.	Defense attorney Barbara Bergman, right, gives her closing argument to the jury, as defendant Terry Nichols, left, watches on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.
Prosecutor Lou Keel gives his closing argument on Monday, May 24, 2004.	Lead defense attorney Brian Hermanson holds a bottle of explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer as he gives his closing argument to the jury on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.
Judge Steven Taylor on Monday, May 24, 2004.	Ed Killam of Colorado, a private defense investigator is shown testifying on Thursday, May 20, 2004.
Former FBI forensic chemist Frederic Whitehurst is questioned by defense attorney Barbara Burgman, right, on Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Also shown are Judge Steven Taylor and prosecutor Sandra Elliott, left.	Analogical chemist Janine Arvizu, of Tijeras, N.M., tesifies on Thursday, May 19, 2004.
Verda Mae Powell of Royal, Ark., testifies at the state murder trial of bombing conspirator Terry Nichols Tuesday, May 18, 2004.	Patty Edwards of Kingman, Ariz., testifies at bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' state murder trial Tuesday, May 18, 2004.
Cynthia Lou Klaver, an attorney for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, testifies on Thursday, April 22, 2004.	District Judge Steven Taylor listens as key prosectution witness Michael Fortier, in a blue shirt, testifies on Thursday, April 22, 2004, in McAlester, Okla., in this sketch. Pictured from bottom left are prosecutors Sandra Elliott, Lou Keel and Suzanne Lister. Defense attorney Brian Hermanson, standing at right, cross-examines Fortier.
Michael Fortier is cross-examined by Terry Nichols' defense attorney Brian Hermanson on Wednesday, April 21, 2004.	Judge Steven Taylor denies a motion to dismiss 161 first-degree murder charges against Nichols on Wednesday, April 21, 2004.
Judge Steven Taylor denies a motion to dismiss 161 first-degree murder charges against Nichols on Wednesday, April 21, 2004.	Michael Fortier, the prosecution's star witness in the Terry Nichols' state murder trial, is pictured in this artist's drawing as he testifies Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in McAlester, Okla., in the state's murder case against Terry Nichols, left, for the 1995 Oklahoma City Alfred Murrah Federal Building bombing. Judge Steven Taylor is at center.
Michael Fortier is pictured in this court artist's drawing as he testifies Tuesday, April 20, 2004, in McAlester, Okla., in Terry Nichols' state murder trial.	Richard Nichols testifies on April 15, 2004. Nichols, who is not related to Terry Nichols, said his vehicle was heavily damaged by a truck axle during the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City Alfred Murrah Federal Building bombing.
FBI agent William West testifies on April 15, 2004. West said he seized anti-government papers and 26 rifles from Nichols Kansas home.	Army Sgt. Richard Wall testifies on April 15, 2004. Wall said he saw a Ryder truck at Geary Lake, Kan., on April 18, 1995, one day before the Oklahoma City bombing.
FBI agent Leslie "Duke" Earl III testifies on April 15, 2004. Earl read passages from the novel "The Hunter" which was recovered from Nichols' home after the bombing. The novel's plot involves the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building.	District Judge Steven Taylor listens as Roger Moore, a gun collector, testifies on April 14, 2004. Moore was robbed at his rural Arkansas home in November 1994.
FBI agent William J. Davitch testifies about a crumpled wheel and a piece of twisted metel held by Oklahoma County District Attorney Lou Keel on Tuesday April 13, 2004.	FBI agent William Eppright III testifies on April 12, 2004.
Terry Nichols' ex-wife, Marife Torres, left, is cross-examined by Nichols' defense attorney Creekmore Wallace on Monday, April 12, 2004.	District Judge Steven Taylor watches as Oklahoma Highway Patrol 2nd Lt. Charles Hanger testifies during direct examination about arresting Timothy McVeigh, whose face is in the monitor on Monday, April 12, 2004.
Marife Torres testifies during direct examination by Oklahoma County District Attorney Sandra Elliott on Thursday, April 8, 2004.	Terry Nichols listens as his ex-wife, Marife Torres, testifies.
FBI fingerprint expert Louis Hupp is cross-examined by defense attorney Barbara Bergman on Tuesday, April 6, 2004.	Lana Padilla testifies Tuesday, April 6, 2004, about her life with Nichols during their 8-year marriage and her contact with executed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Tim Donahue of Marion, Kan., testifies during the fourth day of testimony on March 25, 2004. Donahue testified that Nichols railed about the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and said citizens should overthrow the government.	Fred Dexter, deputy director of the Information Resources Division of the FBI, testifies about telephone records during on March 25, 2004. Shown from left are Oklahoma County assistant district attorneys Lou Keel, Suzanne Lister and Sandra Elliott.
Members of the jury, left, and victims' family members listen to testimony on March 24, 2004. A telecommunications consultant testified that a calling card found in Nichols' home was used to call in the reservation of the moving truck later used in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.	FBI attorney Mary Jasnowski, left, holds an evidence bag on March 23, 2004. Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Lou Keel, left, looks on.
Accused Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, left, and his lead defense attorney Brian Hermanson listen to testimony on March 23, 2004.	Accused Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, left, sits in the Pittsburg County Courthouse on March 22, 2004. Also shown is District Judge Steven Taylor.
Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Lou Keel delivers his opening statements to the jury on March 22, 2004.	District Judge Steven Taylor, left, examines a sheet of video frames while listening to former congressional aide John Culbertson during a pre-trial hearing on Feb. 11, 2004.