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McVeigh seek stay of execution
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Chicago Sun-Times
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June 1, 2001
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DENVER Timothy McVeigh asked a judge Thursday to delay his
execution, accusing the government of withholding evidence in a
"fraud upon the court" that denied him a fair trial in the Oklahoma
City bombing.
U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch scheduled a hearing next
Wednesday, five days before McVeigh's scheduled June 11 execution.
The judge ordered prosecutors to respond by Monday evening.
The request was a sharp reversal for McVeigh, who had abandoned
his appeals in December and asked for an execution date for the 1995
federal building bombing that killed 168 people and injured hundreds
of others in the nation's worst act of domestic terrorism.
A few hours before the hearing, McVeigh met ...
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