Timothy Mcveigh was born in Lockport, New York on April 23, 1968. He graduated from U.S. Army Combat Engineer School, and is infamous for the Oklahoma City bombing. This man is responsible for the deaths of 168 people, including children that were in the building's daycare. He had filled a truck with explosives and drove into the building full speed before saving himself. 800 others were terribly injured. This negative impact on our country was brought by a desperate man, who had been unemployed. He'd also owed many gambling debts, and on top of that he owed the government over $1000 in taxes. McVeigh's decision was made publicly, for the sole reason of trying to get his point out. He wanted people to despise the government the way he did. McVeigh didn't care what people thought of him, because he showed his true character when he blew up that building with all those people in it. When he did get caught, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. McVeigh's close association with white supremacists and other government-haters at …show more content…
During the trial, McVeigh wanted Jones to present a "necessity defense", which would argue that he was in imminent danger from the government and that he wanted to prevent future government attacks like the Waco Siege. The key witness for the defense was Dr. Fredrick Whitehurst. Although he had a valid argument that the FBI was sloppy in their investigation, he could not prove that there was contamination in any of the evidence. The jury deliberated for 23 hours and on June 2nd, 1997 Timothy McVeigh was convicted on all 11 counts. This case is very interesting. The way the US government fought to get McVeigh the death penalty was excellent but the way the evidence collecting and the arrest went was messy. If the state trooper had never pulled over McVeigh, McVeigh may have never been caught. Either way, justice was done or the country learned from the