Which two men were convicted on the Oklahoma city bombing?

The devastating 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was carried out by two main conspirators who shared a deep-seated hatred for the U.S. federal government. Timothy McVeigh, a Gulf War veteran, was the primary perpetrator who drove the Ryder truck packed with a powerful fertilizer-based bomb and detonated it. His accomplice was a former Army colleague, Terry Nichols, who assisted in planning the attack and gathering the materials needed to construct the explosive device.

Their motive was a desire for revenge against the government, particularly for its handling of the deadly siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. McVeigh deliberately chose April 19th for the bombing because it was the second anniversary of the fiery end to the Waco siege. The attack, which killed 168 people including 19 children, was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history at the time.

Following a massive federal investigation, both men were brought to justice. McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy and was executed by lethal injection in 2001. Nichols was convicted on both federal and state charges, including conspiracy and 161 counts of first-degree murder, and is serving multiple life sentences in federal prison without the possibility of parole. A third man, Michael Fortier, testified against them and served a reduced sentence for failing to warn authorities about the plot.