Justice was finally served for the 168 Oklahoma City bombing victims.

Timothy McVeigh died by lethal injection at the Federal Penitentiary in Terra Haute, Ind. before most of us were even out of bed on Monday.

But for the hundreds of members of the victims’ families, this is the final act in a six-year nightmare.

McVeigh is a Gulf War veteran who was convicted of committing the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States.

McVeigh admitted that he killed innocent children who will never learn to ride a bicycle or read a book. He defended his actions without one tear.

Even in the final moments of life, McVeigh never said he was sorry. He showed no remorse and he probably never would.

The court made the right, but hard decision of putting McVeigh on death row.

The families can now begin to heal knowing that McVeigh will never again hurt another human being.

McVeigh will never have the opportunity to sell his bloody story to a book company.

So with McVeigh’s death comes relief for families of the victims around the country.

editorialboard: Michelle Kann, Tim Paluch, Jocelyn Marcus, Zach Calef, Ruth Hitchcock, Cavan Reagan