Killing McVeigh : the Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure.
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection. In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Oklahoma City Bombing: A Time Line; Preface; PART I: BLOOD RELATIONS; 1 "A Rude Awakening": The Origins of the Victim-Offender Relationship; 2 "He Broke into My Life": Experiencing the Victim-Offender Relationship; 3 Opening Up "Closure": Redefining a Controversial Term; PART II: TRAUMAS AND TRIALS; 4 "We Come Here to Remember": Joining Advocacy Groups; 5 "God Bless the Media": Negotiating News Coverage; 6 "Making Sure Justice Was Served": Pursuing Accountability; PART III: THE ROAD TO EXECUTION; 7 Emotion on Trial: Prosecuting Timothy McVeigh.
- 8 Reaching Law's Limits: Trying Terry Nichols and Welcoming the McVeigh Jury to Oklahoma City9 The Storm before the Calm: Awaiting McVeigh's Execution; 10 The Weight of an Impossible World: McVeigh Confronts His Public Image; 11 Done to Death: The Execution and the End of the Victim-Offender Relationship; Conclusion: McVeigh Memorialized; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.
