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A 10 page paper exploring the numerous legal and social ramifications inherent in the recent execution of Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh, convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the consequent deaths of 168 people, was the first federal execution in thirty-eight years. The execution has reopened the argument as to the validity of a federal death penalty law under the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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inherent in the recent execution of Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh, convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City and the consequent deaths of 168 people, was the first federal execution in thirty-eight years (Siegel PG). The execution has reopened the argument as to the validity
of a federal death penalty law under the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. The Eight Amendment prohibits acts which can be classified as cruel and unusual punishment and
a consideration of it entails the exploration of a vast body of past legal cases. The first task at hand in exploring the
legal and societal ramifications of the McVeigh trial and execution is that of providing some historic background of the bombing of the Oklahoma Federal Building on April 19,1995. Up
until the more recent September 11, 2001 tragedy; the Oklahoma City bombing constituted the most serious and deadly act of terrorism to occur within the continental United States. Initially,
popular attention focused upon Arabs as the perpetrators as Americans did not want to believe that an American would inflict such pain, suffering, and death upon fellow Americans. Evidence
quickly developed to incriminate at least two individuals associated with the manufacture and placing of the bomb. What would unfold would be a grisly picture of political reasoning gone
bad. A picture of men who were willing to go to any length, regardless of the cost in lives, property, and American moral to focus attention of what they
perceived as the wrong doings of the American government. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred in response to a number of event which had
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