Execution of Timothy James McVeigh | Execution Date | 2021 | Indiana
Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist responsible for the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. He was executed by lethal injection less than seven years after he perpetrated the deadliest mass murder in American history.
Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist responsible for the bombing that killed 168 people, 19 of whom were children, and injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The bombing was the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States prior to the September 11 attacks. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
The Execution of Timothy James McVeigh
A Gulf War veteran, Timothy McVeigh sought revenge against the federal government for the 1993 Waco siege that ended in the deaths of 82 people, many of whom were children, as well as the 1992 Ruby Ridge incident and American foreign policy. He hoped to inspire a revolution against the federal government, and defended the bombing as a legitimate tactic against what he saw as a tyrannical government.
Timothy James McVeigh was arrested shortly after the bombing and indicted on 160 state offenses and 11 federal offenses, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. He was found guilty on all counts in 1997 and sentenced to death.
Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. His execution, which took place just over six years after the offense, was carried out in a considerably shorter time than most inmates awaiting the death penalty.
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