A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. (cover story)

Focuses on the case of Timothy McVeigh, as an example of the differences between the views on capital punishment of the United States and Europe. Postponement of McVeigh's execution after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered that it had withheld evidence from his defense lawyers; International criticism of the U.S. death penalty, particularly from Europe; Response of U.S. President George W. Bush; How the McVeigh case is focusing attention on the issue.