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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Timothy McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing

On June 2, 1997, a federal jury convicted Timothy McVeigh on 11 counts, including eight counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.



Eleven days later, he was sentenced to die by lethal injection. Learn more about the McVeigh execution.



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