Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, will have a last chance to ask for a stay of execution next month.
Visits by family members and lawyers will cease two hours before the execution on May 16 at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, say Justice Department officials.
If McVeigh wants his lawyers to ask a judge or United States President George W. Bush for a stay, he must do so at that final meeting.
Meanwhile, Attorney-General John Ashcroft will announce tomorrow whether he will allow closed-circuit television at the execution. About 250 people who were injured or lost loved ones in the bombing have said they want to see McVeigh die.
McVeigh offered last chance before death
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