Where Was Timothy Mcveigh Executed?
Timothy Mcveigh, Convicted in the Oklahoma City Bombing, Was Executed by Lethal Injection at the U. S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute 20 Year's Ago on This Day...
Timothy McVeigh, convicted in the Oklahoma City Bombing, was executed by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute 20 years ago on this day.
Why was Timothy McVeigh executed?
Timothy McVeigh, White male, executed on June 11, 2001.
McVeigh was convicted and sentenced to death in June 1997, for the bombing of an Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, in which 168 people were killed. McVeigh waived his collateral appeals, and the Government set McVeigh's execution on May 16, 2001.
What were McVeigh's last words?
He also considered his last words, which those close to him have speculated could include a quote from the 1875 poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley: "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul."