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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. In the United States we are just beginning to see a shift in public attitude. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed hope Monday for a global ban on the death penalty after being presented with petitions signed by 3.2 million people urging a moratorium on executions. Recently we have seen many who have been found not guilty as a result of DNA and other new evidence.