On June 2, 1997, a federal jury found Timothy McVeigh guilty of murder for the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack killed 168 people, including 19 children, making it the deadliest domestic terrorist act in U.S. history. McVeigh detonated a truck loaded with explosives outside the building, driven by far‑right ideology and influenced by the novel The Turner Diaries.
The jury reached a unanimous guilty verdict after deliberation, and McVeigh was subsequently sentenced to death. He was executed by federal lethal injection on June 11, 2001, becoming the first person executed by the federal government since 1963. The case prompted major reforms in U.S. counterterrorism and federal law enforcement, including enhanced security at federal buildings and improved intelligence‑sharing mechanisms.
