-Caveat Lector- McVeigh 'regrets' Oklahoma deaths McVeigh will die inside Terre Haute prison on Monday As he awaits execution, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has said he is sorry for the deaths of the 168 people who died in the attack. If I am going to hell, I'm gonna have a lot of company Timothy McVeigh In a series of letters to a local newspaper, McVeigh expressed regret for the first time, but added that the bombing was "a legitimate tactic" in his battle against the United States Government. "That's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the toll will be," he said, according to the Buffalo News, his hometown newspaper. The world's media is ready for the event Early on Sunday morning McVeigh will be moved to a holding cell next to the death chamber where he will be executed by lethal injection at 0700 (1200 GMT) on Monday. He will be able to choose his own Sunday lunch, from any local restaurant as long as it costs less than $20. The "last meal" is served almost 24 hours before the execution to allow the prisoner to digest it, although McVeigh will be able to eat normal prison food later in the day. In the letters, McVeigh said he had no fear of execution or what might come after. An agnostic, he said he would "improvise, adapt and overcome" if he did find there was an afterlife. "If I am going to hell, I'm gonna have a lot of company," he said. Videotape appeal A legal bid to videotape the execution appears to have failed, as a federal appeals court overturned an earlier ruling. McVeigh: No photographs of his final hours The request for the recording was made by lawyers in an unrelated case who wanted to use the recording to support their contention that the federal death penalty violated the US constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The lawyers have now appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the appeals court ruling. They represent a Philadelphia man, Joseph Minerd, who faces a possible death sentence after being charged of murdering his pregnant girlfriend and her three-year-old daughter. Opponents of the death penalty have repeatedly pressed the government to allow McVeigh's execution to be televised, believing such an airing would help their campaign. Lethal injection Ingredient: sodium pethothal Effect: causes unconsciousness Ingredient: Pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride Effect: stops heart and lung function Time: 10-15 minutes The US Justice Department has fought against any videotaping, citing a federal regulation that prohibits any photographic, visual or audio recording of executions. McVeigh has refused to allow any pictures of himself in Terre Haute prison in Indiana and few details are being made public about his final hours. One of McVeigh's lawyers said two members of his legal team would go to see him in prison on Sunday, and again on Monday in the hours before his execution. Prayers and news programmes The authorities in Terre Haute are on the alert for any violence by McVeigh sympathisers. The victims are not forgotten as attention focuses on McVeigh State, city and county offices will remain closed on Monday and summer school and recreational activities on school property have been cancelled. Roman Catholic nuns plan to hold a 168-minute "circle of silence" on Sunday evening outside the prison to pray for bomb victims as well as for McVeigh and his family. About 1,400 media personnel are expected to congregate on the town, as well as some of the people touched by disaster. Only 10 survivors or victims relatives will be allowed to witness the execution. Another 300 or so will watch via closed-circuit television in Oklahoma City. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
