UNITED STATES: OKLAHOMA BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN INDIANA

Record ID: 972352

  • Title: UNITED STATES: OKLAHOMA BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN INDIANA
  • Date: 11th June 2001
  • Summary: (W5)TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 11, 2001) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 1. AERIAL OF DEATH HOUSE WHERE EXECUTION OCCURRED 0.06 (W5)TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 11, 2001) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 2. VARIOUS OF DEATH PENALTY ADVOCATES (4 SHOTS) 0.30 3. VARIOUS OF ANTI-PENALTY PROTESTERS (3 SHOTS) 0.47 4. PAN TO MAN PRAYING 0.56 5. SCU/CU: DEATH CERTIFICATE (2 SHOTS) 1.17 6. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) FEDERAL PRISON WARDEN HARLEY LAPPIN SAYING, "The court order to execute Timothy James McVeigh has been fulfilled. Pursuant to the sentence of the United States District Court in Colorado, Timothy James McVeigh has been executed by lethal injection.. He was pronounced dead at 7:14 am Central Daylight Time. 1.44 7. SLV: PRESS CONFERENCE 1.48 8. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) MEDIA WITNESS BYRON PITTS OF CBS SATING, "Timothy James McVeigh died with his eyes open. When the curtains came back, he made eye contact with his people who came to support him. When the curtain passed the media center, Mr. McVeigh seemed to look up and make intentional eye contact with each one of us. Then, when the curtain passed the rooms where victims' relatives and survivors, he turned his head to make eye contact with them. He did not speak. 2.19 9. SLV: MEDIA 2.23 10. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) MEDIA WITNESS SHEPPARD SMITH OF FOX NEWS SAYING, "He seemed to almost be trying to make sense of his circumstances, nodding at each one of us, then sort of a cursory glance at the government section. He lay there very still, he never said a word. He nodded his head a few times. His lips were really tight. He blinked a few times. Then, when we were first told that the first drug had been administered, his very tight lips and his very wide eyes changed considerably. His lips relaxed. His eyes relaxed. He looked toward the ceiling where there happened to be a camera staring right at Oklahoma City ." 3.00 (W5) OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 11, 2001) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 11. WS/SV: FAMILY CRYING AT VICTIMS' MEMORIAL (2 SHOTS) 3.10 12. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) RELATIVE OF VICTIMS, KATHLEEN TRAINOR SAYING, "Today, we saw justice. We have waited over six years for what happened today. And I can tell you from my family's perspective that we gather no joy from seeing another person die for no reason. But, this man clearly deserved what he got. He died peacefully which I can not say the three members of my family did." 3.39 (W5) OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 13. SV: MCVEIGH LED OUT IN HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES BY POLICE 3.48 (W5) OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 14. AERIAL OF BOMBED MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING 3.53 (W5) TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 11, 2001) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 15. HAS: VANS PULLING AWAY FROM DEATH CHAMBER 4.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA /OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA,UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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