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  Grand Jury Concludes No Conspiracy in OKC
 
 
The county grand jury orchestrated by a conspiracy-minded former state legislator and the grandfather of two bombing victims has concluded that there was no evidence of a larger conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Even before the report was made public in December, former state Rep. Charles Key was attacking the body he helped to create by leading a petition drive, claiming jurors had ignored evidence of a government coverup. The grand jury found no evidence that federal agents had prior knowledge of the plot; that members of a white supremacist compound in eastern Oklahoma were involved; or that two bombs, rather than one, were used — all key conspiracy theories.

The state attorney general and the local district attorney, who both had opposed formation of the grand jury, welcomed the results, as did the grand jury's presiding judge, William Burkett.

Grand jurors did indict a writer named David Hoffman on two misdemeanor counts of jury tampering after he allegedly sent jurors a copy of his conspiracist book on the bombing (see Underwriting the Radical Right), telling them in a note, "do not let them tell you what to do." Hoffman, who was convicted last fall of stalking a woman, surrendered to authorities in late January and could face up to two years in prison.

 
 
 
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Hate Groups Top 500
Issue 93 | Winter 1999
 
EDITORIAL
Legitimizing Hate
ON THE COVER:
THE YEAR IN HATE
Hate Groups Top 500, Net Sites Soar
Center sues Aryan Nations
THE TOLL OF HATE
Racially Motivated Attacks Mar 1998
THE ALLIANCE AND ITS ALLIES
Pierce Builds Bridges At Home, Abroad
Battle by the book
Pierce's political history
Pierce appeal denied
INSIDE THE ALLIANCE
A Former Alliance Insider Speaks
SHARKS IN THE MAINSTREAM
Racism Underlies Influential 'Conservative' Group
Counsel of Citizens
RACE AND 'REASON'
Academic Ideas a Pillar of Racist Thought
In their own words
IQ and race online
KNIGHTS OF THUGGERY
Klan Group Builds Aggressive Record
HATE ON THE NET
New Sites and Legal Issues Arise
Dial 'H' for hate
ANNALS OF HATE
An Introduction To Leading Racist Periodicals
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS
Attacks on Abortion Doctors Investigated
Grand Jury: No Conspiracy in OKC
Duke Runs for Office — Again
WCOTC Members Plead Guilty
Underwriting the Radical Right
Kehoe Trial Postponed
Militia Leader Faces Drug Charges
LEGAL BRIEF
Acts, Not Words, Are the Key