McVeigh's execution was the first federal execution in 38 years.

Twenty-six federal (including military) executions have been carried out since 1950.

No federal executions have ever taken place in North Dakota.

The Clinton administration will postpone the first federal execution since 1963.

The Department of Justice set similar rules for federal executions.

The list of federal executions in recent decades bears Professor Little out.

Opponents of the death penalty have called for a moratorium on federal executions.

His would be the first federal execution since 1963.

Maryland, by contrast, has executed three people since 1976, and there have been two recent federal executions.

He is scheduled next month to become the first person facing a federal execution in nearly 40 years.