Atlanta
Eric Rudolph was sentenced to life in prison this week for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, which killed one person and injured 111 more. John Hawthorne, whose wife, Alice, was killed, said he was pleased that Rudolph would not have the quick escape of execution. Rudolph apologized for the attack, which he said was meant to “confound, anger, and embarrass” the U.S. government for sanctioning abortion, but did not express any remorse for bombing an abortion clinic and a gay nightclub. To avoid the death penalty, Rudolph admitted planting bombs at the Olympic Park, the gay nightclub, and a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic. He has already received two life sentences for the Birmingham attack.
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