The federal government’s plan to conduct its first execution in more than 17 years was put on hold by a judge in Washington just hours before it was to take place, prompting a scramble by DOJ lawyers to get a higher court to allow it to proceed
The federal government’s plan to conduct its first execution in more than 17 years was put on hold by a judge in Washington just hours before it was to take place Monday, prompting a scramble by Justice Department lawyers to get a higher court to lift the order and allow the execution to proceed.
“Eyewitness accounts of executions using pentobarbital describe inmates repeatedly gasping for breath or showing other signs of respiratory distress, and indicate that flash pulmonary edema is common and extremely painful,” the judge wrote. Justice Department attorneys argued in court filings that last-minute orders seeking to interfere with executions are discouraged by legal precedents, but Chutkan said the government was to blame for the timing.
Lee, 47, has been set to be executed at a federal penitentiary on Monday afternoon for the brutal 1996 murder of a family of three in Arkansas as part of a robbery aimed at raising funds for a white supremacist organization.
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