Q: There was a great deal of attention on the security preparations for the London Olympics. Some news stories referenced the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park bombing. How long will Eric Rudolph be in prison? — Frank Manfre, Grayson
A: Rudolph is serving four consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole after pleading guilty in 2005 to four bombings in the late 1990s. He pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. Rudolph admitted to the Centennial Olympic Park bombing that killed one person and injured more than 100 during the 1996 Olympic Games; bombings at an abortion clinic and lesbian nightclub in 1997 in the Atlanta area; and a 1998 attack on an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., that killed an off-duty police officer. Rudolph's bombings combined to kill two people and injure more than 150. He was on the run for five years until he was arrested in 2003 in Murphy, N.C. Rudolph is imprisoned at the Administrative Maximum (ADX) facility in Florence, Colo., which "houses offenders requiring the tightest controls," according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Q: Why has Georgia issued an alternate general issue license tag (the single peach) in addition to the "Peach State" tag? I never remember them doing that before. — Bruce Boan, Atlanta
A: The Department of Revenue "decided to give drivers another option," a department spokesman told Q&A on the News in an email.
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