|
|
| Inmate Indicted In Plot to Kill Judge |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/10/2003 |
|
A federal grand jury in Amarillo has indicted a Texas prison inmate on two felony counts of plotting to kill the Denver judge who presided over the bombing trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Christopher Lee Bennett, 28, is accused of soliciting two men in January 2001 to kill U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch, according to the indictment. Bennett 'did solicit, command, induce and endeavor to persuade' Ryan Gary Martin and Jimmy Dale Stamps to kill Matsch, the indictment said. Bennett, indicted Tuesday, was in prison at the time of the alleged offense. In late 1995, he began serving a 99-year sentence at the Clements Unit in Amarillo for a capital murder in El Paso in 1994, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Information about how Bennett allegedly communicated with the two men was unavailable as was the nature of the relationship between Bennett and the pair. Bennett was scheduled to appear in an Amarillo federal court Friday, said Kathleen Colvin, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas. Matsch gained national prominence when he oversaw the federal trials of McVeigh and Nichols, both of whom were convicted in federal court of the 1995 bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. |
advertise
|
privacy policy
|
add URL
|
about us
|
terms/disclaimer
|
contact us
|
join our team
|
help
Do you know someone who has been arrested in Waco or McLennan County? It’s important to find a good Waco lawyer to represent you in the matter involving your own liberty. Look for the best Waco attorney that you can find. Whether you have been accused rightly or wrongly, it’s important to know your legal rights that concern whether you go to jail.