I have a question: How many other Federal prisoners have been executed since Tim McVey was?
Answer:
Since 1963 only three people have been executed by the federal government of the United States:
Louis Jones on March 18, 2003 for rape and murder of Pvt. Tracie McBride
Juan Raul Garza on June 19, 2001 for murdering three persons in conjunction with a drug-smuggling ring
Timothy McVeigh on June 11, 2001 for the Oklahoma City bombing
Source link: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20individuals%20executed%20by%20the%20United%20States
Why was there such a rush to execute McVey?
[Just asking.....]
Between 1950 and 1963, 13 people were executed (not counting those executed under military law)
From 1963 until Tim McVey in June 2001, zero were executed.
If my memory serves me correctly, I believe McVeigh refused any further appeals. I would suspect that the others you mentioned drew out the appeals process as long as they could.
A building blew up. 168 dead, hundreds injured.
Because he had requested all appeals be dropped and asked to be executed. Is there anything to say others have done the same but the US government has failed to execute them?
There wasn't a rush to execute McVey. He waived all appeals and rushed his own execution.
There was a rush, no doubt about it.