LATEST NEWS:

FBI letter: Lab testimony may have been false
A letter from FBI lawyers to Attorney General John Ashcroft warned that forensic evidence in Timothy McVeigh's trial may have been fabricated. The letter, which was apparently turned over to the judge, never reached the defense prior to McVeigh's execution.
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EXECUTION NEWS:

No remorse
Timothy McVeigh showed no remorse in the moments before he was executed, witnesses said, but the Oklahoma City bomber was given his Last Rites by a prison priest.
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View interactive map of the execution facility
Read the Bureau of Prisons "how-to" manual for executing McVeigh

McVeigh issues statement before being executed
Timothy McVeigh is executed by lethal injection at 8:14 a.m. ET without making a final statement, but he did issue a written statement containing a poem, "Invictus," before his death.
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Read his final statement
Read the poem, "Invictus"
Final hours: Ice cream, TV, sleep

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Journey to Terre Haute: From the cradle to the grave
On the eve of Timothy McVeigh’s execution, Courttv.com's Andy Brooks and Catherine Quayle take a trip from McVeigh's childhood home in upstate New York to Terre Haute, Indiana, where the bomber is to be executed June 11, 2001. They talk to people along the way about the deeds and death of an American terrorist.
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View photo gallery
Interactive map
Chat transcript: Court TV on the road

How McVeigh died
Court TV.com takes a look at the science behind execution by lethal injection.
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What happens when things go wrong?

Execution of a drifter
Victor Feguer was the last man executed under the federal death penalty — in 1963 — for the murder of an Iowa doctor.
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Life in Supermax
A look at prison life in the nation's most secure federal facility — where McVeigh, until recently, spent his days with other noted bombers.
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CHAT TRANSCRIPTS:

Oklahoma City bombing survivor Dr. Paul Heath
Court TV's Catherine Crier on the execution
Court TV.com's Catherine Quayle and Andy Brooks gather opinions on the road
Court TV's Tim Sullivan on the delay of McVeigh's execution
Journalist Lou Michel on the 75 hours he spent interviewing McVeigh


 
 

EXECUTION NEWS:

July 2:
Attorney: Inmate who befriended McVeigh attempted suicide before bomber's execution

June 29:
McVeigh defense cost government $13.8 million

June 13:
Bill McVeigh bears no ill will toward government that killed his son
A day after McVeigh execution, workers tear down YMCA damaged in 1995 bombing

June 12:
Newly released documents are turned over to Terry Nichols' lawyers
New plaque at bombing memorial marks McVeigh's execution
Anti-death penalty protesters lit candles in the streets outside American embassies in Europe
After glitch, video eludes hackers
McVeigh's execution won't start a trend

 
 
  • Profile of a mass murderer: Who is Tim McVeigh?

  • A video tour of the execution chamber

  • Interactive map of the execution facility

  • Full execution coverage
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  • Interactive road map
  • Full journey coverage
  • View photo gallery
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  • Listen to audio of the explosion, recorded from across the street

  • Diagram of Alfred P. Murrah building and vicinity

  • The Crime Library: Full story of the bombing

  • Full bombing coverage
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  • Victims remembered with 168 seconds of silence

  • Profiles of all 168 victims
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  • Video report on the motives behind McVeigh's actions.

  • Watch more video
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  • Read McVeigh's petition for a stay of execution

  • Read prosecutors' brief opposing stay

  • More documents
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  • Transcript of chat with Court TV's Tim Sullivan, who discusses the execution of Timothy McVeigh

  • Transcript of chat with Paul Heath, a bombing survivor, who discusses what it was like that day and his recovery

  • Full archive of chats
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