Eric Rudolph
Eric Rudolph carried out four bombings in Georgia and Alabama from 1996 to 1998, directly killing two people and injuring many others. His targets included Olympic spectators, abortion clinics and a gay nightclub; 14-year-old Fallon Stubbs was injured in the blast that killed her mother Alice Hawthorne.
At a glance
- What happened
- Rudolph bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a Sandy Springs family-planning clinic, Atlanta's Otherside Lounge and a Birmingham clinic. The attacks killed Alice Hawthorne and police officer Robert Sanderson; Birmingham nurse Emily Lyons was critically injured.
- When
- Bombings: 1996–1998, beginning 27 July 1996. Arrest: 31 May 2003. Guilty pleas and life sentences: 2005.
- Where
- Atlanta and Sandy Springs, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
- Why / motive
- The FBI describes Rudolph's ideology as anti-government, anti-abortion and anti-gay.
- Outcome
- Pleaded guilty to federal charges for all four bombings and received multiple life sentences without possibility of parole.
Who is involved
- Eric Rudolph — subject
Sources
- Eric Rudolph“Paraphrase: Rudolph's four 1996–1998 bombings killed two and injured many; he was arrested 31 May 2003, pleaded guilty, and is serving multiple life terms without parole. FBI describes anti-government, anti-abortion and anti-gay ideology.”
- Eric Rudolph“Paraphrase: Alice Hawthorne was killed and her 14-year-old daughter Fallon injured.”
- Eric Rudolph“Paraphrase: Names victims Sanderson, Hawthorne and Lyons, and locations of the four attacks.”
- Eric Rudolph“Paraphrase: Birmingham life sentences imposed 18 July 2005.”
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