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Delay in McVeigh execution opposed
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FEDERAL prosecutors asked a court on Monday not to delay the scheduled June 11 execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, saying ``there is no case where the death sentence is more appropriate''.
McVeigh, the Gulf War veteran who now admits planting the bomb that killed 168 people and injured 500 others at the Alfred P Murrah Federal building in 1995, is seeking a delay in his execution on the grounds that the government withheld 4,000 pages of evidence that could have been useful to his defence.
``He does not, and could not, suggest that the death penalty is unwarranted for his exceptionally aggravated crimes,'' said US Attorney Sean Connelly. ``McVeigh is undeniably guilty and there is no case in which the death sentence could be more appropriate than this one.'' (SD-Agencies)
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