In the United States for the first time in 17 years was executed by a suicide bomber, sentenced in Federal court
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A member of the movement of white racists Daniel Lewis Lee was sentenced for the brutal murder of arms dealer of Jewish origin, his wife and their 8-year-old daughter in 1996
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In the U.S. state of Indiana held the first since 2003 the death penalty at the Federal level. 47-year-old member of the movement of white racists Daniel Lewis Lee was sentenced for the brutal murder of arms dealer of Jewish origin, his wife and their 8-year-old daughter in 1996. The execution was done by a lethal injection of pentobarbital, reports the BBC Russian service.
According to CNN, before the execution, Lee reiterated his innocence. “I did not commit this crime. Yes, I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but I’m not a killer. You kill an innocent man,” he said before he was injected with an injection.
Against his execution were made by the relatives of the victims: “My daughter would be ashamed if someone had to die”, – told reporters her mother.
Previously, the Federal court in Washington for a few hours before the sentence in execution blocked execution in Federal prisons in the US. However, the U.S. Supreme court overturned the delay prescribed by the lower court. Five judges voted in favor, four against.
For the current week scheduled two executions of Federal prisoners in Indiana.
In 1976, when the Supreme court reinstated the death penalty in American prisons have been executed more than 1,5 thousand prisoners. Of these, only three fall under Federal jurisdiction. The last Federal execution at this point was conducted in 2003. Now in Federal prison about 60 persons sentenced to capital punishment.
In the early 2000-ies of the executions at the Federal level had been suspended to check the injection procedures. Last summer the head of the justice Department William Barr instructed to prepare the documents for the resumption of the procedure by December.
At this time, executions continued at the state level (a ban on the death penalty currently in effect in 22 States and three governors, including California, have imposed a moratorium on its use).So, for the first half of 2020 in five southern States were executed eight convicted, last year was 22.