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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. It is one of our tenets to do no harm. Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch, author of the original resolution, had asked the AMA to recommend to the National Governors' Association that all executions be halted until questions are answered regarding the availability of DNA evidence, the quality of legal representation and the effect on the judicial system when innocent defendants are executed. It is one of our tenets to do no harm.