Federal appeals court overturns injunction, rules first federal execution in 17 years can proceed as scheduled on Monday.
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Sunday that the first federal execution in nearly two decades can proceed as scheduled on Monday.that had put the execution of 47-year-old Daniel Lewis Lee on hold.
The appeals court found that the claim from the victims’ family “lacks any arguable legal basis and is therefore frivolous.” The Justice Department said the development would not mean an additional delay in the government’s timetable because the worker had not been in the execution chamber and had not come into contact with anyone on the specialized team sent to the prison to handle the execution.
The family hopes there won’t be an execution, ever. They have asked the Justice Department and President Donald Trump not to move forward with the execution and have long asked that he be given a life sentence instead. Attorney General William Barr told The Associated Press in recent days that he believes the Bureau of Prisons could “carry out these executions without being at risk.” The agency has put a number of additional measures in place, including temperature checks and requiring witnesses to wear masks.
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