Topic: Conspiracy To Murder

After surviving the Mount Carmel fire and receiving treatment at Parkland Hospital, Clive Doyle and other survivors faced federal charges in San Antonio. In February 1994, a jury found the defendants not guilty of conspiracy to murder federal agents. However, several survivors were convicted on a secondary charge of carrying a weapon during a violent crime, leading to controversial 40-year sentences that were later reduced to 15 years following Supreme Court intervention.

Catherine Madison discusses her experience being jailed and charged with conspiracy to murder federal agents following the siege. Although the charges were dismissed the next day, she was held in solitary confinement as a material witness. She was eventually moved to the home of a lawyer after a judge intervened, where she lived in seclusion for over a month.

Waco survivor Catherine Matteson describes her experience facing federal charges of murder and conspiracy to murder following the siege. She details how her initial charges were dismissed after 24 hours, only for her to be held in solitary confinement as a material witness. Matteson recounts being eventually moved to a private residence under the supervision of a lawyer and a judge.

Katherine Matteson details her experience being charged with conspiracy to murder federal agents before the charges were dismissed and she was held as a material witness. She describes the tactical destruction of the Mount Carmel building, alleging that government tanks rammed staircases and the refrigeration area. Matteson claims that the collapse of the heavy cement roof in the "bunker" area caused the deaths of women and children inside.

Jack DeVault argues that the federal government rigged the Waco trial to secure convictions despite the jury finding defendants not guilty of murder and conspiracy. He highlights that nine survivors received sentences totaling 248 years for minor charges. DeVault asserts the 1993 raid was unconstitutional and that the government is using imprisonment to justify the deaths of 82 people.