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May 8, 2001
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The Reform and Conservative movements are seeking clemency for Timothy McVeigh a week before the convicted Oklahoma City bomber is scheduled to die by lethal injection on May 16. In a letter to President Bush, the Jewish movements joined prominent religious leaders in opposing the death penalty for McVeigh.

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