Among those most recently executed at USP Terre Haute were Timothy McVeigh and Juan Raul Garza in 2001 , and Louis Jones , Jr. , in 2003 . McVeigh , who was convicted for his responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombing , was the first prisoner executed by the U.S. Government since the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in 1976 . The method of execution used by the federal government is lethal injection
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute