With the Oklahoma City bombing trial about to begin, many observers are questioning whether defendant Timothy McVeigh—the subject of intense media scrutiny for nearly two years—can get a fair trial before an unbiased jury. What do you think?
“What’s so hard about giving him a fair trial? If he floats, he’s a witch. Case closed.”
Mitchell Dyer • Systems Analyst
“I think the biggest threat to McVeigh’s getting a fair trial is the fact that he blew up that federal building in Oklahoma City.”
Ron Young • Pianist
“It’s the trial of the century! Or, at least,
Ken Francona • Caterer
“America should have a permanent supply of 12 people encased in lucite for just such occasions.”
Ellen Sakata • Podiatrist
“Even if he did set off that bomb, who’s to say those people wouldn’t have blown up anyway?”
Harriet Mortimer • Student
“Maybe he can plea-bargain down to 16,000 counts of littering and mishandling biological waste.”
Arlo Unger • Legal Secretary
