Citing COVID threat, judge blocks first federal execution in 17 years
Citing the threat posed by a resurgence of the deadly coronavirus, a judge delayed Monday's federal execution of Daniel Lewis Lee, who would have been the first federal inmate to be put to death in 17 years.
“Earlene Branch Peterson, Kimma Gurel, and Monica Veillette are grateful to the court for this ruling, which will enable them to exercise their right to attend the execution in the future while protecting themselves against the ravages of COVID-19," the family attorney said in a statement Friday."The family is hopeful that the federal government will support them by not appealing today’s ruling.
Peterson, the young victim's grandmother, said Lee's co-defendant was the unquestioned ringleader in the 1996 robbery-murder yet was sentenced to life in prison.
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