{"id":60754,"date":"2020-07-14T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=60754"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:42:07","slug":"us-supreme-court-allows-federal-executions-to-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=60754","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court allows federal executions to resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the first executions of federal prisoners in 17 years.<\/p>\n

Several executions were delayed after a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges against the justice department.<\/p>\n

Among those facing the death penalty is triple murderer Daniel Lewis Lee, who was due to be executed on Monday.<\/p>\n

The condemned prisoners have argued that lethal injections constitute “cruel and unusual punishments”.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 that “executions may proceed as planned”.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Trump administration said it would resume federal executions.<\/p>\n

In a statement at the time, Attorney General William Barr said: “The justice department upholds the rule of law – and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system.”<\/p>\n

Some of the relatives of Lee's victims oppose his execution in Indiana and had sought to have it delayed, arguing that attending it could expose them to coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Earlene Peterson, 81, whose daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law were killed by Lee, has said she wants the 47-year-old to be given life in jail, the same sentence as his accomplice.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration's move has been criticised as a political decision, with campaigners expressing concern about cases being rushed.<\/p>\n

The last inmate executed by federal death penalty was Louis Jones Jr, a 53-year-old Gulf War veteran who murdered 19-year-old soldier Tracie Joy McBride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the first executions of federal prisoners in 17 years. Several executions were delayed after a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges against the justice department. Among those facing the death penalty is triple murderer Daniel Lewis Lee, who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n