Serial bomber Eric Rudolph issued an apology of sorts to the victims of the 1996 Olympic blast before a federal judge handed him another life sentence for his involvement in the bombing.
Rudolph told the court 'I would do anything to take that night back' before adding that the only wanted to embarrass the federal government because they permit abortions.
'I can't begin to truly understand the pain that I have inflicted on these innocent people,' Rudolph said, reading a statement. 'To those victims, I apologize.'
Of course, if any government workers were injured or killed in his bombings, Rudolph expressed no remorse.
A total of 14 relatives of the victims of Rudolph's bombings addressed the court and expressed a desire to have the defendant spend the rest of his life behind bars.
John Hawthorne, whose wife Alice was killed in the Olympic bombing told the court, 'Every anniversary has been filled with anger, weeping and sorrow, but this anniversary brings to an end a very painful and emotional chapter in this family,' Hawthorne told Rudolph in a packed courtroom. 'This is the day Alice can rest, for justice is finally being served.'
The court then sentence Rudolph to life in prison without the chance of parole. The official sentence was four life sentences plus 120 years and $2.3 million in restitution.
In addition to the Atlanta Olympic bombing, Rudolph also admitted to two other blasts in the Atlanta area. Last month, he received a life sentence for a deadly blast at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama and other attacks on gay bars.
As part of the plea bargain that Rudolph arranged with authorities, he showed them where he had hidden approximately 250 pounds of explosives and they agreed not to seek the death penalty in his cases.
Rudolph will serve his sentence in a maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. He will spend the rest of his life there.
