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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. AP Penry in an Oct. 25 interview on Texas' death row. The Supreme Court has blocked the execution of a convicted killer whose low IQ is at the center of a debate over whether he should be put the death. The high court said Thursday evening it wants more time to decide whether to hear arguments that Johnny Paul Penry's mental deficiency was not properly explained to the jury.