The United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday.
There have been just three federal execution since the death penalty was reinstated by the US government in 1988.
But at the last minute, the US Supreme Court refused to lift a stay on federal executions, saying that — “in light of what is at stake” — the block on executions should be reviewed by an appeals court. The mother of one of his victims, Earlene Peterson, opposes Lee’s execution due to her religious convictions and appealed to US President Donald Trump to grant Lee clemency.
Trump, who is a fervent advocate of the death penalty and has even said it should be applied against drug dealers, did not grant her appeal.
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