US Court Overturns Decision to Halt First Federal Execution in 17 Years

Convicted criminal Daniel Lewis Lee will be put to death by lethal injection at the US Justice Department’s execution chamber in the city of Terre Haute, Vigo County, the state of Indiana.

The Department can carry on the first federal execution in 17 years on Monday as scheduled after the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the injunction of a US federal judge in the state of Indiana.

On 11 July, Chief District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson for the Southern District of Indiana blocked the execution of US inmate Daniel Lee granting the motion of the victims’ relatives.

Magnus ruled in favour of the victims’ relatives after they argued they had a right to be present at Lee’s execution and launched a legal suit against the Department of Justice to delay it until the coronavirus pandemic was over. The US Justice Department then filed an emergency appeal in response to Magnus’ decision.

US inmate Daniel Lee was sentenced to death in 1999 for the 1996 killings of gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Powell, in the state of Arkansas. His execution would be the first execution carried out by the federal government, as opposed to the state of Indiana, since 2003.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

US Court Overturns Decision to Halt First Federal Execution in 17 Years

0.00 (0%) 0 votes

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here