McVeigh Executed: Oklahoma City Bomber Put to Death
Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on June 11, 2001, for the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. McVeigh, a Gulf War veteran, had planned the attack as retaliation for the government's handling of the Branch Davidian siege at Waco, Texas, and the Ruby Ridge standoff. He showed no remorse and compared the 19 children killed in the daycare center to collateral damage in wartime. His execution was the first federal execution in 38 years. It was witnessed by 232 survivors and victims' family members via closed-circuit television in Oklahoma City. His co-conspirator Terry Nichols received a life sentence. The bombing remained the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in US history until September 11, 2001, three months later.
June 11, 2001
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