Federal Executions
Further information: List of individuals executed by the federal government of the United StatesTerre Haute, Indiana is the site of the Federal Correctional Complex, where the death row of the Federal government is located. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty, three (3) people have had their sentences carried out at Terre Haute, including Timothy McVeigh, convicted of his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, in which 168 people were killed.
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