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Convicted of the 1995 bombing of a U.S. government building in Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh is the first person in 38 years to face federal execution. Find out more about his case, federal executions and other criminals on the nation's death row. Looking back on the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. It's not going to bring anybody any peace. Under federal rules, McVeigh had one month after his May 16 execution date was set to ask the president to spare his life.