Case file · U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (venue moved from Oklahoma City), United States

Timothy James McVeigh: charges, verdict and sentence

Timothy McVeigh was tried in federal court in Denver over the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City and was found guilty on all 11 counts on 2 June 1997, including use of a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of first-degree murder of federal officers. He was sentenced to death on 14 August 1997, the Tenth Circuit affirmed in 1998, and he was executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute on 11 June 2001.

Charges and outcomes

Sentence

Death on all 11 counts, imposed 14 August 1997 and carried out on 11 June 2001.

Court record, stage by stage

1. 1997
   trialJury trial in Denver after a change of venue from Oklahoma City¹

   U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
2. 2 June 1997
   verdictFound guilty on all 11 counts¹

   U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
3. 14 August 1997
   sentenceSentenced to death on all 11 counts¹

   U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
4. 8 September 1998
   appealTenth Circuit affirmed the convictions and death sentence¹

   U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
5. 11 June 2001
   executionExecuted by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute, Indiana²

Notable rulings

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 8 September 1998. Found no prejudice from pretrial publicity, no error in excluding alternative perpetrator evidence, and held the weapon of mass destruction and explosives offences do not require intent to kill.¹

Sources

1. Public.Resource.Org (U.S. Court of Appeals opinion), United States v. McVeigh, 153 F.3d 1166 (10th Cir. 1998) (8 September 1998) · court or official record
2. Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Executions · court or official record

This file describes court proceedings. It does not describe or name victims beyond the court record. Our standards.