Juan Raul Garza may become the first federal prisoner...

Juan Raul Garza may become the first federal prisoner executed since 1963. Garza's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was turned down without a hearing in 1999 and an execution date will likely be set for early 2000. Garza was convicted of murder in connection with a marijuana sales conspiracy in Texas. The execution would likely occur in the federal government's new lethal injection chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana. President Clinton could reduce his death sentence to life. The government transferred all federal death row inmates to Indiana in 1999.