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...Judge Richard Matsch gets set to decide whether to accpet a delay in Timothy McVeigh's executions, signs are that the case could be in for a long summer. The story so far: Last Thursday, after meeting with their client in Terre Haute, Indiana, lawyers for the convicted bomber announced they would seek a delay of McVeigh?s June 11th execution date. Defense attorney Robert Nigh called the decision to request more time was "difficult" for McVeigh, who was "ready to die." Friday morning, McVeigh?s legal team filed a 300-plus page brief with the case?s original trial...
There's not much the Democrats can do to stop the Republicans. Senate minority leader Tom Daschle tried to delay the bill, but he was undermined when four Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee--its ranking member, Max Baucus of Montana, John Breaux of Louisiana, Arkansas moderate Blanche Lincoln, and the embattled Robert Torricelli of New Jersey--cut separate deals to get their pet rocks in the bill. They then signed on to the G.O.P. plan...
...June 11, and Ashcroft vows to give McVeigh no further extensions - but the chances are good that the bomber's lawyers will go to court to seek more time to review the documents or ask for a new sentencing, either of which would almost certainly delay things further...
...others: he opposes the death penalty but not this time. "I'm for it. I'm hoping it will give the victims closure." Beth Carpenter had worked in the building until the month before the bombing and lost scores of friends. She was distraught at the news of the delay. "He deserves to be executed," she said. "I don't want to see him anymore." As for McVeigh, he could look forward to some long sessions with his lawyers and boxes and boxes of papers. But if last week just delayed the inevitable, he is ready. He had worked...
...more about the delay of the execution and for an audio interview with McVeigh, go to time.com