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Terror on trial: McVeigh faces a jury
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On June 2, 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted on 11 counts, including a charge of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of first-degree murder.

For 28 days in Denver in the spring of 1997, a jury of seven women and five men listened to what jurors later called "overwhelming evidence" in the case against Timothy McVeigh:

  • McVeigh's sister, Jennifer, told of her brother's rage over the 1993 deadly siege at the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas.

  • His former Army buddy, Michael Fortier, testified he cased the federal building with McVeigh before the bombing. Read Fortier's plea agreement.

  • Prosecutors found McVeigh's fingerprint on a receipt for 2,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate used to make the bomb.
  • Earlier this year, Timothy McVeigh let a deadline for appealing his conviction pass, allowing the federal Bureau of Prisons to set his execution date. Read McVeigh's request to end the appeals process.

  • McVeigh Sentencing
    Read transcript from McVeigh's sentencing hearing, Aug. 14, 1997

  • Trial Transcripts
    Daily, unedited transcripts from the trial

  • Court Documents
    The indictments, FBI affidavits, pretrial hearing transcripts, motion for separate trials and more

  • Who's Who in the Trial
    A guide to the prosecutor, the defense attorneys and the judge in the case

  • Reports from Court TV and American Lawyer Media
    Read more about the lawyers, the judge and the legal issues in the case

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  • 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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