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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. I'm the keeper of the keys. The last person the condemned men of Louisiana talk to is Warden Burl Cain. Cain stays with the doomed in the death chamber, praying with them, holding their hands and offering what solace he can before they face the ultimate punishment.