Widower Speaks at Rudolph Sentencing

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050822/ap_on_re_us/eric_rudolph

ATLANTA - The widower of the woman killed by the blast at the 1996 Olympics confronted bomber Eric Rudolph on Monday, calling him a "small man" and saying that his wife can rest knowing that "justice is finally being served."



Rudolph's sentencing came on the day that John and Alice Hawthorne would have celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary.

"Every anniversary has been filled with anger, weeping and sorrow, but this anniversary brings to an end a very painful and emotional chapter in this family," Hawthorne told Rudolph in a packed courtroom. "This is the day Alice can rest, for justice is finally being served."

Alice Hawthorne's 22-year-old daughter, Fallon Stubbs, who was seriously wounded by the Olympic bomb, offered forgiveness to Rudolph.

"In all honesty, Mr. Rudolph, I would not be who I am today without you," said Stubbs, who was 14 at the time of the bombing. "I have learned to be a tolerant person because of you, to accept people who are different than I am, and embrace their differences."

"You are a very small man, and like other men (of small stature), you have a Napoleonic complex and a need to compensate for what you lack," Hawthorne said Monday. "Small man, big bomb."

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1. Now THAT, Eric Rudolph, was an expression of righteous anger

Compare and contrast with your cowardly actions and unwillingness to face the consequences of those actions. As they say on Sesame Street, one of these things is not like the other.

[Demoiselle]

2. This family makes me proud to live in the same country.

Generous hearts, HUGE spirit.

[Mairead]

3. I feel the same. (nt)

[underpants]

4. ABC:Rudolph Apologizes, Sentenced to Life

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1058655

ATLANTA Aug 22, 2005 — Victims of Eric Rudolph's bombs confronted him in court Monday, describing him as a small man who cowardly fled amid his carnage, before a judge sentenced him to life in prison.

Just before his sentence was handed down, Rudolph apologized to the victims of the 1996 Olympics blast in Atlanta, saying "I would do anything to take that night back."

He said he had wanted to anger and embarrass the federal government because it does not prohibit abortions, and that he wanted to harm only government workers.

"I can't begin to truly understand the pain that I have inflicted on these innocent people," Rudolph said, reading a statement. "To those victims, I apologize."

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5. Rudolph smirked and rolled his eyes during Monday's testimony...

Rudolph smirked and rolled his eyes during Monday's testimony by some of the victims, especially those refuting his anti-abortion, anti-homosexual beliefs. He laughed under his breath when one of the victims said it was appropriate that when authorities finally found Rudolph he was scavenging for food from a trash container.

[Zenlitened]

6. How come Rudolph isn't in Gitmo? Isn't that where terrorists belong?

:mad:

[underpants]

7. What information could he give them?

Names of ultrarightwing nutjob organizations who might have cooperated in his or other (OKC) terrorist activities? Their plans?

Nah none of that, he's white.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Not to mention that they vote Republican.