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.

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