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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. Germany, in effect, has invited this court to create a new international legal obligation, one that would necessarily intrude deep into the domestic criminal justice system of any state. Over Prisoners Information on the case from the International Court of Justice Web site. Amnesty International report on consular access for European prisoners.