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Monday, 11 June, 2001, 09:35 GMT 10:35 UK
McVeigh: Countdown to death
![]() McVeigh will be strapped to the execution gurney
In becoming the first federal prisoner to be executed for 38 years, Timothy McVeigh will be the first person to die according to strict guidelines covering the federal executions.
Aimed at ensuring "efficient and humane" executions, the regulations were drawn up in a 54-page document by the US Bureau of Prisons six years ago. In the early hours of Sunday morning local time, McVeigh was moved into a spartan holding cell in the execution facility containing a shower, a toilet, a bed and metal desk. The regulations set out a timetable for McVeigh's final hours as follows: 24 -12 hours before the execution
12 - 3 hours before the execution
3 hours - 30 minutes before the execution
The execution
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