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Public Executions In America Should Death Row Inmates Be Able To Choose Between Private And Public Death, Nicholas Compton
Public Executions In America Should Death Row Inmates Be Able To Choose Between Private And Public Death, Nicholas Compton
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
On June 13, 1997, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19,1995. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 168 people and the wounding of over 500 more. McVeigh successfully petitioned U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch to put an end to his appeals and expedite his execution. At midnight on February 16, 2001 McVeigh let pass his deadline to petition President George W. Bush for clemency. He is scheduled to die by lethal injection on May 16, 2001 at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, …