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Crime History: Unrepentant Timothy McVeigh sentenced for Oklahoma blast

By Scott McCabe
Published August 13, 2012 4:00am ET
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Crime History: Unrepentant Timothy McVeigh sentenced for Oklahoma blast
On this day, Aug. 14, in 1997, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the 1995 blast that killed 168 people. McVeigh, a 29-year-old militia movement sympathizer, was unrepentant and quoted a 1928 ruling from Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis. “Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or […]

On this day, Aug. 14, in 1997, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the 1995 blast that killed 168 people.

McVeigh, a 29-year-old militia movement sympathizer, was unrepentant and quoted a 1928 ruling from Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis.

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