Relatives say they have a right to attend murderer's execution without risk of virus exposure. FMTNews US
July 11, 2020 10:31 AMNEW YORK: A US federal judge blocked the first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years from being carried out on Monday after some of the victims’ relatives sued, saying they feared that attending could expose them to Covid-19.
Those relatives said they nonetheless had a right to attend the execution if it took place, and sued the Department of Justice in the US district court in Indianapolis to block the execution until the coronavirus pandemic has passed. Baker Kurrus, a lawyer for Peterson and two other relatives, said in a statement they were grateful for the ruling.
He originally scheduled five executions for last December, but was ordered to delay them by a federal judge in Washington while long-running lawsuits challenging the government’s lethal-injection protocol played out.
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