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Bomber Eric Rudolph Faces Sentencing

Eric Rudolph, who remained defiant when he admitted setting deadly explosions in Birmingham and Atlanta, will be sentenced today and some of his victims hope to get some glimmer of a response from him, according to this Associated Press report.

Rudolph, 38, pleaded guilty in April to setting off a remote-controlled bomb that maimed nurse Emily Lyons and killed police officer Robert "Sande" Sanderson outside the New Woman All Women clinic in Birmingham on the morning of Jan. 29, 1998.

Rudolph was captured in May 2003 looking for food in a dumpster after more than five years as a fugitive in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Under a plea agreement, federal judges in Birmingham and Atlanta will sentence Rudolph to four life terms without parole. Rudolph's sentencing in Georgia is set for Aug. 22, and victims of the Atlanta bombings will have a chance to speak then.

We wonder how the anti-abortion crowd feels about this since none of the national or local news media have bothered to ask and connect the dots. Maybe we'll have a chance to get into it on the radio this week.

As always, we welcome your comments.

Here's the final AP story on the Birmingham bomber's sentencing today:
Unrepentant Eric Rudolph Gets Life Sentence

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