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McVeigh lawyer blasts system

As Timothy McVeigh prepared for his execution Monday, one of his lawyers on Friday blasted the legal system, saying the death penalty “dehumanizes” judges who get “dragged down by the process.” McVeigh abandoned his legal fight Thursday after a federal appeals court rejected his request to delay his execution for the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil, the deaths of 168 people in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995. Full Story