Syndication: Indianapolis
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The federal government has carried out its first execution in almost two decades.
Daniel Lewis Lee is first federal inmate executed in 17 years https://t.co/EuTW1k9DRi pic.twitter.com/LbRMVl133t
— New York Post (@nypost) July 14, 2020
47-year-old Daniel Lewis Lee was killed by lethal injection Tuesday before dawn at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. His last words were to proclaim his innocence.
Lee is the first death row inmate to be executed since 2003. His execution came over the objection of the victims’ family and following a series of delays and legal challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Critics of the Trump administration argued the government was pushing capital punishment for political gain.
