On July 18, 2005, Eric Robert Rudolph received two life sentences without parole as part of a plea bargain for his bombing of the New Woman All Women Clinic on January 29, 1998 that killed Birmingham Police Officer Robert Sanderson and seriously injured Emily Lyons . Rudolph will be sentenced on August 22, 2005 for his bombing of Centennial Park that killed Alice Hawthorne and injured over 100 . Rudolph was finally captured on May 31, 2003 in Murphy, North Carolina by rookie police officer Jeff Postell .

From the time Rudolph conducted the bombing attack on Centennial Park in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympic Games until his arrest, there has been much speculation on how and why he executed four attacks. Rudolph has sent two statements that have been posted on the www.armyofgod.com Web site. In the first statement, Rudolph offers reasons for the bombing attacks on Centennial Park, the Sandy Springs Professional Office Building , The Otherside Lounge , and the New Woman All Women Clinic. Rudolph begins by quoting Psalm 144:1. By quoting Psalms, this shows that Rudolph feels that God guided him. In an oral statement during his court sentencing, Rudolph stated that ?Abortion is murder and because it is murder I believe deadly force is needed to stop it.” The second posted statement by Rudolph entitled ?Lil? highlights part of his time on the run in the Andrews-Murphy Valley from the fall 1999 to 2003. Rudolph describes some of his activities, his interaction with hunters, and his close calls with being noticed in the woods.