Why Is Timothy Mcveigh Rotted In Prison

As a clean cut man jogged away from the Alfred Murrah building on April 19, 1995. It did not raise any suspicion because there has not been an attack on the United States since December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. At 9:02 A.M America would be in shock after a rental truck filled with explosives detonates and levels half of the Alfred P. Murrah building. Moments later Timothy Mcveigh will be pulled over because of a missing license plate. He would be held in a prison in Perry, Oklahoma. This would later be the great sigh of relief taken by many detectives in the Oklahoma City Metro Area. Timothy Mcveigh should have rotted in prison instead of the death sentence. Timothy Mcveigh was a smart young man who was very interested in guns and outdoors.

Oklahoma was damaged physically and emotionally. Timothy hopped on the highway I-35 and started to drive as far away as possible. He ended up getting stopped by a police officer for a missing license plate. He knew it to, it was almost like he was trying to get caught. The police officer had no idea what Timothy Mcveigh had just done. He just thought it was some idiot without a concealed and carry license and a missing tag. Timothy was taken to a prison in the small town of Perry, Oklahoma. As many investigations began to take place. They go the name of Timothy Mcveigh off the vehicle identification number. The team of investigators tracked it back to the Ryder Rental truck company in Kansas. Later the investigations lead to other acquaintances. Such as terry Nichols, an army buddy of Mcveighs. Also Michael Fortier gets caught up in the situation, but he did not play a large role like Mcveigh and Nichol

Different people had different opinions on what should have happened. Two fathers who both lost a loved one in the terrible accident. Thinking about his daughter and the fact that he would never see her again. Bud Welch explains the way he felt on April 19, 1995. “I am filled with rage at Mcveigh. But I do not think he should be executed. I’m not a minister or a philosopher-and I’m not an anti-death-penalty crusader. But executing a murderer is just another kind of murder” (Welch). But the brother of Tom Hawthorne had a different view “He also took something from from the whole country-our sense of security. And he did it deliberately. That’s why I think he should die”