Timothy McVeigh: Difference between revisions

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After appeals were dropped by McVeigh an execution date of May 16. However just before the execution the FBI revealed a lot of paperwork it had withheld from McVeigh's lawyers before. The government stayed the execution for just under one month as a result to give all parties time to review the paperwork.

On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul."

=== Death ===

On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul". At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead.

At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead~~, becoming the first man put to death by the Federal Government since the execution of [[Victor Feguer]] in 1963~~.

Due to a law signed by President Clinton in 1997 to keep people convicted of certain crimes from being buried in military cemeteries McVeigh was ineligible for burial in a military cemetery despite having been honorably discharged. He was cremated and the ashes given to his lawyer who scattered them in an undisclosed location.

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* Many modern-day [[Alt-Right]] movement praise McVeigh and defend his actions.

* In prison, he formed a frienship with eco-terrorist [[Ted Kaczynski]] and fellow terrorist [[Ramzi Yousef]], in which they would discuss religion and politics. This friendship lasted until he was eventually executed in 2001.

* Timothy McVeigh is the first man to be put to death by the Federal Government since the execution of [[Victor Feguer]] in 1963.

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 After appeals were dropped by McVeigh an execution date of May 16. However just before the execution the FBI revealed a lot of paperwork it had withheld from McVeigh's lawyers before. The government stayed the execution for just under one month as a result to give all parties time to review the paperwork.
-On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul."
+=== Death ===
+On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul". At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead.
-At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead, becoming the first man put to death by the Federal Government since the execution of [[Victor Feguer]] in 1963.
 Due to a law signed by President Clinton in 1997 to keep people convicted of certain crimes from being buried in military cemeteries McVeigh was ineligible for burial in a military cemetery despite having been honorably discharged. He was cremated and the ashes given to his lawyer who scattered them in an undisclosed location.
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 * Many modern-day [[Alt-Right]] movement praise McVeigh and defend his actions.
 * In prison, he formed a frienship with eco-terrorist [[Ted Kaczynski]] and fellow terrorist [[Ramzi Yousef]], in which they would discuss religion and politics. This friendship lasted until he was eventually executed in 2001.
+* Timothy McVeigh is the first man to be put to death by the Federal Government since the execution of [[Victor Feguer]] in 1963.
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