attorney who defended timothy mcveigh

by Shaniya Russel 6 min read

Stephen Jones

Who was the lawyer in Timothy McVeigh?

Stephen JonesEnid resident Stephen Jones served as the lead defense attorney for Timothy McVeigh. Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh is escorted by law enforcement officials from the Noble County Courthouse in Perry, Okla., Friday, April 21, 1995.Apr 17, 2020

What was Timothy McVeigh's defense?

necessity defenseMcVeigh tried to persuade his defense counsel, which consisted of six principal attorneys led by Stephen Jones, to argue a “necessity defense,” claiming that his actions were defensible because he believed he was in “imminent danger” from the government, but his attorneys did not use that point.Feb 20, 2019

Biography

Stephen Jones was born on July 1, 1940 in Lafayette, Louisiana. His father was an oil field supplies sales manager and his mother was the bookkeeper for a wealthy financier. Jones grew up in suburban Houston, received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1966 and settled in Enid, Oklahoma where he still lives.

Legal career

On May 5, 1970, the day after National Guardsmen had shot and killed four students at Kent State University, Keith Green was arrested at the University of Oklahoma for carrying a Viet Cong flag in violation of a state law prohibiting the display of a " red flag or emblem of anarchy or rebellion".

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