[Cerek]

Eric Robert Rudolph - accused bomber of the 1996 Olympics and an abortion clinic in Alabama (among others) - has confessed to the bombings in order to avoid the death penalty.

As many of you know, Rudolph lived Western NC when the FBI began searching for him in relation to the Alabama bombing. He managed to elude capture for 5 years, before finally being caught by one of our own local police officers.

Here is the full story of his confession from my hometown paper - Rudolph Gives Up Fight