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Federal judge delays Rudolph trial in abortion clinic bombing

Posted 6:41PM on Tuesday 29th July 2003 ( 21 years ago )
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - The first trial of accused Olympic park bomber Eric Rudolph has been postponed indefinitely.

Rudolph was to go on trial Monday for the 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. But a federal judge says it's unreasonable to expect attorneys to be ready before next year.

The case involves more than 100-thousand court filings about the bombing, which killed an off-duty police officer and critically injured a nurse.

Rudolph is also accused in the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta that killed one and injured more than 100. He's also accused of bombings the next year in Atlanta at an abortion clinic and a gay nightclub.

He was arrested in May after five years as a fugitive.

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