Judge David Russell was Chief Judge, United States Federal Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, in 1995. He presided over court appearances for Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the trial change of venue and a variety of other proceedings in the early days following the bombing. Judge Russell graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University, received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, and served in the US Navy JAG Corps. He was confirmed by the US Senate as a federal judge in December 1981, after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan, on the recommendation of Senator Don Nickles.
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Dec 11
First Person Summer Series Features Judge David Russell
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Nov 11
Was or was not the first incident of terrorism (propaganda) done by a US citizen before 9/ll?
check out: according to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh was the first “terrorist” attack done inside the US so those of u who answer others pls give facts and not word of mouth. I want facts not contradictions. Other places outside of US are not counted ’cause they are morally on foreign land. I don’t want man made words…
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Nov 11
First Person Summer Series Features Carla Wade
As a student at the University of Oklahoma, Carla Wade won an Associated Press Broadcaster’s Award for her radio news coverage of the first anniversary of the Murrah Building bombing, in which her father, Johnny Wade, an engineer with the Federal Highway Administration, was killed. She continued to document the bombing from her family’s point of view in television reports, an article for Ladies Home Journal, and a live report from the execution of Timothy McVeigh. After graduating with honors from OU, Wade worked as a television reporter at KSWO in Lawton, Oklahoma, before moving to Lexington, Kentucky, where she was weekend anchor at the ABC affiliate. She has returned to Oklahoma and is now part of the news team at KOCO Eyewitness News 5.