- The U.S. government carried out its first execution in 17 years on Tuesday, putting to death convicted murderer Daniel Lee over objections by his victims’ relatives after the Supreme Court cleared the way with an overnight ruling.
“The American people have made the considered choice to permit capital punishment for the most egregious federal crimes, and justice was done today in implementing the sentence for Lee’s horrific offenses,” U.S. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement. In issuing her injunction, Judge Tanya Chutkan had said Lee and other condemned men were likely to succeed in their argument that the new lethal-injection protocol announced last year that uses a single drug, the barbiturate pentobarbital, would cause an unconstitutional degree of pain and suffering.But at 2:10 a.m.
In a statement, she said “it is beyond shameful that the government, in the end, carried out this execution in haste, in the middle of the night, while the country was sleeping. We hope that upon awakening, the country will be as outraged as we are.” The victims’ relatives unsuccessfully sued last week to delay the execution until the coronavirus pandemic had passed, saying they feared attending would risk their safety.
FILE PHOTO: A correction officer patrols outside Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, as Daniel Lewis Lee, convicted in the killing of three members of an Arkansas family in 1996, is set to be put to death in the first federal execution in 17 years, in Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Justice prevails.
crime committed in 1996.put to death 24 years later on. total insanity
2019: Most ill-conceived headline of 21st century: Supreme Court affirms capital punishment despite risks of pain BUCKLEW v. PRECYTHE bc uscongress does not prohibit capital punishment. Full stop.
Warning. This is not a commentary on the death penalty. Bill Barr won't need his PDE5 inhibitor tonight.
US needs to get rid ot this, sickening
That's the new home of trump..
The mother of the woman, man and child murdered did not want the death penalty imposed. This was not about justice acted out with the consent or agreement of the victims families.
Next……
Cheerio
Nothing to celebrate
Guy should have chosen San Quentin. Better yelp rating. Maybe next time.
Tweet grade: ‘D-‘. More objective tweet: “The US government carried out its first execution in 17 years, putting to death convicted murderer Daniel Lee after Supreme Court denies appeal.”
SAY NO TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Barbaric.
Awesome, throw him in the Tiber
This accomplished what? Closure for the families? Charles Manson rotted in prison and died slowly. As this is a spectator sport, that was much better than this.
Two wrongs don't make a right. You who says thou shalt not kill do you not kill?
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