May 10, 2001 -
Timothy McVeigh’s execution, A covenant with death
(revisited) - WASHINGTON, DC From The
Economist print edition, What do the life and death of Timothy
McVeigh say about the United States? Not as much as many people would
like to think. ON MAY 16th, barring a miracle, Timothy McVeigh will be
executed in Terre Haute federal prison in Indiana. At seven in the
morning he will be strapped on to a gurney and killed by lethal
injection. The work will be done by volunteers from the Bureau of
Prisons staff. Mr McVeigh has admitted to his crimes, halted his
appeals and reconciled himself to his fate. The only person who can
save him from death is George Bush, hardly a man of second thoughts
when it comes to executions...
