Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols was jailed for life without the possibility of parole today for his role in the worst act of domestic terrorism in US history.
Nichols issued a statement asking forgiveness.
Judge Steven Taylor ordered Nichols to serve the life term on each of 161 counts of first-degree murder and that the sentences run consecutively. His sentence was pronounced after Nichols submitted a lengthy written statement in which he asked for forgiveness and offered his help in the healing process.
Nichols is serving a life sentence for conspiracy and the involuntary manslaughter of eight federal officers who died in the 1995 atrocity.
His accomplice Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001.
McVeigh was convicted on eight counts of murder relating to the deaths of eight federal workers in the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, which killed 168 people and injured hundreds.
Additional reporting: AP
