Brian Gene Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols
Murder suspect Brian
Nichols is led to a waiting vehicle by an unidentified police
officer at the FBI office in Atlanta, Saturday, March 12, 2005.
Nichols, accused of killing a judge and two other people at a
courthouse Friday, was captured at a suburban Atlanta apartment
complex hours after an federal immigration agent was discovered shot
to death miles away.
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Brian Gene Nichols
Brian Nichols is escorted to a hearing before a judge in Atlanta on
March 14, 2005.
The hearing was at a court facility in the Fulton County Jail.
Brian Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols
Accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols
listens to court proceedings
in this May 25, 2005, file photo taken in Atlanta.
Brian Nichols listens to his defense
attorney Henderson Hill, addressing the court
during a pretrial hearing Thursday, March 6, 2008 in Atlanta.
Brian Nichols watches members of his defense team during jury
selection.
Brian Nichols, left, sits with his defense team Monday Sept. 22,
2008, as his trial gets underway
three years after the accused
rapist escaped from the Fulton County Courthouse
and allegedly went
on an shooting spree in 2005.
Opening statements are given by Fulton County prosecutor Kellie Hill
during the trial
of Brian Nichols on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.
Brian Nichols listens as a verdict against him is read in court
Friday, Nov.7, 2008, in Atlanta.
Brian Nichols,
right, talks to defense attorney, Robert McGlasson, after the
verdict was read in court,
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 in Atlanta. Jurors found Nichols guilty of all
54 charges against him, including
felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and armed
robbery.
The victims
Judge Rowland Barnes
Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Hoyt Teasley
Court reporter Julie Ann Brandau
US Immigration and Customs Agent David Wilhelm