The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was destroyed by an explosion on April 19, 1995, killing and injuring many people. Timothy McVeigh (D) and Terry Nichols (D1) have been joined as co-defendants in an indictment, containing 11 counts, charging offenses alleged to be connected together as parts of a common scheme or plan to bomb that building. This joinder of defendants and offenses is appropriate under Fed. R. Crim P. 8. Each defendant has moved for separate trials claiming prejudice under Rule 14.

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