Timothy McVeigh

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1. Crime and Details
Timothy James McVeigh is an American terrorist and a mass murderer who detonated a bomb in front of Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 (Valentine, 2001). This attack led to the death of more than 168 innocent people while many are injured Valentine (2001). People called Timothy “The Oklahoma City Bomber” after launching the attack. This becomes one of the deadliest acts of terrorism attacks in the American history prior to September 11, 2001 bombing (Jaworski & Morris, 2003). The trial of Timothy took place in Denver in 1997. The federal government performed a thorough investigation involving close to 2000 agents. Investigators found a lot of evidence to implicate McVeigh and Nicholas such as bomb making guidelines, a hand drawn map of Oklahoma. McVeigh was guilty of using weapons of mass destruction and use of explosives. During the trial, the Denver jury found Timothy guilty of conspiracy and murder and sentenced him to death. Timothy made appeal attempts that fail, and he underwent lethal injection execution in 2001 at Terre Haute, Indiana. The court convicted fellow conspirators Terry Nicholas and Michael Fortier in the bombing engagement.
2. Family Background
Serrano (1998) says that Timothy is the second born to Mildred and William McVeigh. Timothy was born in Pendleton, New York on April 23, 1968. Bill worked at a car radiator plant in the neighborhood. His grandfather, Eddie McVeigh, introduced Timothy to hunting using firearms and gave him a .22 rifle when he was 14. His fascination with guns during his teenage years made him perceive weapons as equalizer. McVeigh had the dedication to developing marksmanship skills since he spent most of his time practicing to shoot sod...

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...uld have recommended a life sentence for the perpetrator and the accomplices, as well.
14. Did the person use amo or signature?
McVeigh bombed and destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building using an enormous supply of fertilizer bomb. The perpetrator used more than 108 bags of ammonium nitrate and 3 210 barrels of nitro methane (Serrano, 1998).

Works Cited

Jaworski, A., Fitzgerald, R., & Morris, D. (2003). Certainty And Speculation In News Reporting Of The Future: The Execution Of Timothy McVeigh. Discourse Studies, 5(1), 33-48.
Michel, L., & Herbeck, D. (2001). American terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City bombing. New York: Regan Books.
Serrano, R. A. (1998). One of ours: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing. New York: Norton.
Valentine, L. (2001). The Execution Of Timothy McVeigh As Religious Sacrifice. Peace Review, 13(4), 531-536.

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