The federal government claimed jurisdiction to try McVeigh first before the state. He was charged with eleven felony counts: eight counts of murder for the deaths of the federal agents who were killed during the course of their duties, conspiracy, and two explosives charges. McVeigh's trial began in April 1997, and he was found guilty on all counts. For his crime, he was sentenced to death. His original execution date of May 16, 2001, was delayed when Attorney General John Ashcroft discovered more than three thousand pages of evidence that had not been turned over to the defense during McVeigh's trial. McVeigh waived his appeals, however, and he was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, on June 11, 2001.

McVeigh never showed any remorse over the bombing and, in fact, referred to the children killed at the daycare center as "collateral damage." His final statement was...