Peggy Lowe Denver Post Staff Writer Jan. 8 - Just minutes after learning on Wednesday that Terry Nichols would not be put to death, his family paused outside the front doors of the federal courthouse in Downtown Denver. They clustered together, Joyce Nichols Wilt and her kids and two friends, as another friend captured the moment with an automatic camera. In what looked like the kind of photo most families keep for Christmas cards, the Nichols beamed at the camera, happy and relieved that their son and brother and friend escaped death.
Pictures speak for themselves.
They're unified and they're close, and Terry comes from a very good family. A very good family who believes in his innocence. And we do, too. I don't believe Terry Nichols could ever hurt anyone,'' said Lana Padilla, Nichols' first wife. Sometimes writing in a spiral notebook, sometimes talking to victims and survivors of the bombing, Wilt always appeared cheerful and chatty.