Life Sentence for Brian Nichols

Brian Nichols, the man who killed four people in a brazen courthouse escape was sentenced Saturday to prison for life without parole and hundreds of years more.

"The community has spoken," Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said at an emotional press conference after the sentencing of Brian Nichols.

As many may recall Brian Nichols was being escorted to his trial for rape when he overpowered a deputy guarding him and stole her gun. He then burst into the courtroom and shot and killed Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes, Brandau and sheriff's Deputy Hoyt Teasley. He fled downtown Atlanta an Atlanta's posh Buckhead neighborhood, he shot and killed federal agent David Wilhelm at a house the agent was renovating.

I personally don't think he was insane at the time of committing these murders. He was sane enough to think about evading the police.

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Brian Nichols is a smart man, he knew that his charm can get him far. This was apparently the case when his recent plt to cut through the walls of the Fulton County Jail was discovered.
He bribed his pen pal girlfriend, two sheriff deputies and his paralegal to be his accomplice.

Nicohols is best remembered for the courthouse shooting on March 11, 2005. This shooting left 4 people dead. He was charged with killing the judge presiding over his rape trial, a court reporter, a sheriff's deputy who chased him outside, and a federal agent he encountered a few miles away.

Source: CNN News