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.
Some states give the prisoner a choice between being fried, poisoned or shot.
I'd rather be surprised. If they ever do execute Timothy McVeigh, a lot of people who want to watch will be sitting behind a glass partition seeing him die in seconds. Humans have thought up hundreds of ways to put other humans to death over the years and executions have always been crowd-pleasers. Stoning was once common, with rocks. Crucifixion was another common method of execution.