An Alabama man once in line to become the first person...

An Alabama man once in line to become the first person executed by the federal government since 1963 -- and the first condemned under the drug kingpin statute -- had his death sentence set aside by President Clinton, who changed it to life in prison without parole.Clinton commuted the death sentence for David Ronald Chandler, now held at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind. The Piedmont man was convicted in 1991 of running a murderous drug ring that trafficked marijuana from the foothills of northeast Alabama. Chandler, now 48, was condemned for ordering the murder of associate-turned-informant Marlin Shuler, he was the first person sentenced to die under a 1988 drug law. The last person executed by the federal government was Victor Feuger, hanged 37 years ago in Iowa for murder and kidnapping. With Chandler's death sentence set aside, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh becomes the next in line for a federal execution. His death by injection is set for May 16.