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.J une 20, 1997
Issue 31
Volume 19
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Juror reflects on McVeigh trial Metro student one of 12 -to convict Oklahoma bomber By Michael BeDan and Jennifer Saull-Ru~ The Metropolitan
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In the few seconds it took to tear open the envelope, his life changed. In the five weeks it took to convict Timothy McVeigh of the worst terrorist crime committed on American soil, David Gilger's whole world changed. Gilger, a 33-year-old computer science major and sophomore at Metro, was juror No. 6 in a trial that will be remembered for its emotion and surgical precision. McVeigh, convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, was sentenced to death June 13. "I think the sentence speaks for itself," Gilger said in a June 15 interview with The Metropolitan. "We as a collective society have agreed that (it) you stab at the heartland of America and commit such a crime, (and) you ' re found guilty, the price you pay is death." While the verdict and sentencing bring an end to the trial, Gilger said his life is changed forever. "It will always be changed," he said. "It will always be altered. We as a society have set up our judicial system that we go out and we select members of our community that we feel can sit on a jury. "Then, you are allowed to walk away. And I hope that is what will happen." On April 19, 1995, Gilger was sitting at his desk at the
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Student/juror Gilger's jury duty .coincided with work and school commitments. He'd been promoted from an entry-level position and was finishing an evening computer science course at Metro. "I came on board (at his company), you know, 'low man on the totem pole,' but I was in the PC support department at the time," he said. "I had just recently started a new position at work, and it was a promotion within. That is always a good feeling." 路 After learning that he'd been selected to be a juror, 路 Gilger made the necessary arrangements. The secrecy required to serve on a jury in a case of this magnitude forced him to be vague when informing his employer and professor of his impending obligations. See JUROR on 7
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Denver Tech Center consumed with the day's work. When he and his co-workers learned of the disaster in Oklahoma, they dropped what they were doing and started compiling database information possibly needed for the victims and rescuers. Nearly two ' years later, Gilger opened the envelope that informed him of his inclusion in the jury pool. He figured he would quickly be eliminated from the pool. "I'm in the military," Gilger said. "(McVeigh) is from the military. There is no way they will select me." He was wrong. ~
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