KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is to meet with his lawyers within the hour. The meeting could determine if he'll seek another delay in his execution. In the meantime, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says he will fight any further delay in McVeigh's execution. But as Gina London explains, Ashcroft may not have the final say.</s>GINA LONDON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Before the defense files anything, lawyers will first seek the go0ahead from their client. Attorney Rob Nigh traveling again to the federal penitentiary in Indiana to meet Thursday morning with convicted Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh. One of his former lawyers says it is no surprise that his team requests more time.</s>JERALYN MERRITT, FMR. MCVEIGH ATTORNEY: I think it would be unreasonable to expect lawyers to not only evaluate, but also investigate 4,000 pages of material, in under a month, this an execution this is death, death is different. What's the rush?</s>LONDON: If as expected a motion to stay execution is filed, McVeigh's former lawyer suggests it will be based on three likely grounds: more time is needed to investigate new material, defense believes it has grounds to ask Judge Matsch to reconsider McVeigh's first motion for new trial that Matsch denied, or more time is needed to seek permission from the 10th circuit court of appeals to file a second motion for a new trial. After the FBI turned over the first batch of newly recovered documents, Attorney General John Ashcroft delayed McVeigh's original execution from May 16th to June 11th. Since then each more documents have been recovered, but Ashcroft today issued a statement, saying he would fight another delay. The statement in part Gina London, CNN, Denver.
Timothy McVeigh Set to Have Pivotal Meeting with Lawyers