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U.S. Justice Department resumes use of the death penalty, schedules five executions
Reuters ^ | 25 July 2019 | Sarah N. Lynch, Chizu Nomiyama and Sonya Hepinstall

Posted on 07/25/2019 8:31:52 AM PDT by csvset

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday it was reinstating a two-decades long dormant policy to resume the federal government’s use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

“Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people’s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President,” Attorney General William Barr said in a statement.

“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.” U.S. President Donald Trump has called for increasing use of the death penalty for drug traffickers and mass shooters.

The Justice Department said it has scheduled executions for five federal inmates who have been convicted of horrific murders and sex crimes.

Those inmates include Daniel Lewis Lee, a white supremacist who was convicted in Arkansas for murdering a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl. Another one of the five is Lezmond Mitchell, who was found guilty by a jury in Arizona of stabbing a 63-year-old grandmother and forcing her young granddaughter to sit next to her lifeless body on a car journey before slitting the girl’s throat.

“Each of these inmates has exhausted their appellate and post-conviction remedies,” the department said, adding that all five executions will take place at the U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in Indiana.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: arizona; arkansas; daniellewislee; death; doj; lezmondmitchell; lookwhohatescops; penalty; terrehaute; trumpdoj; williambarr
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To: csvset

Good news. Ghouls all.


41 posted on 07/25/2019 12:14:25 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: grumpygresh

Some people just need killing.


42 posted on 07/25/2019 12:22:30 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: mumblypeg
He’s got at least another 20 years on the taxpayer’s dime.

Unless he has an "accident."

43 posted on 07/25/2019 12:40:27 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Magnum44

Death penalties are a scam by lawyers to keep making money off of the convicted and to drain County budgets until they take the death penalty off the table. I know what I’m talking about, believe me. Just went through one.


44 posted on 07/25/2019 1:08:34 PM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Hildy
I know what I’m talking about, believe me. Just went through one.

??? You just went through a death penalty? I want to know your doctor. ;)

45 posted on 07/25/2019 1:13:26 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Magnum44
I am a County Supervisor and I watched a death penalty case go through the system. After four years and over a million dollars they hadn't even seen the inside of a courtroom. After asking many questions, and receiving shocking answers about the system and speaking up loudly against it, (nobody is put to death anymore in Arizona) the County Attorney decided to take the death penalty off the table. The child killer/rapist received life without the possibility of parole until 2054.

Oh, but wait.. Now come the appeals. It's never ending with lawyers getting rich. Oh and one other piece of information: I knew the killer.

46 posted on 07/25/2019 1:30:16 PM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Hildy

I certainly agree that the system is such that no matter, the lawyers get rich. Not sure why the death penalty should be any more expensive than life sentencing, but you know more about the reality of that. I would only argue that we should get back to where the death penalty is a viable deterrent for some criminals. I can only guess as to how many obstacles stand in the way of that.


47 posted on 07/25/2019 1:35:04 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: csvset
Another one of the five is Lezmond Mitchell, who was found guilty by a jury in Arizona of stabbing a 63-year-old grandmother and forcing her young granddaughter to sit next to her lifeless body on a car journey before slitting the girl’s throat.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

2015: But in a harsh dissent, Judge Stephen Reinhardt said Mitchell deserves a new sentencing hearing because the defense strategy of depicting him as a “good guy” to jurors was “no strategy at all.”

Reinhardt is in Hell, and his sociopath buddy Lezmond is going to join him there, to be eternally raped by demons.

If I ever get out West way, I'll be sure to stop by Stevie Reinfardt's grave and leave a bag of used burritos and a 12-pack of used beer...

48 posted on 07/25/2019 2:02:39 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: Hildy

Your life sounds a lot more interesting than mine.


49 posted on 07/25/2019 7:14:46 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: mumblypeg

I am truly blessed to be an elected official in the most conservative County in AZ, if not the whole West.


50 posted on 07/25/2019 7:16:51 PM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Hildy
👍🇺🇸
51 posted on 07/25/2019 7:20:30 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: caww
I suspect the prison population are wondering ‘who’ the five are....

Just like the millions wondering WHO ICE will come visit next.

Just like the dozens of traitors on Barr's and US Attorney Durham 's list that are being investigated for their respective roles in the attempted coup against President Trump.

Ditto the Obama White House traitors.

Clapper, Comey and others deserve individual mentions as do Hillary and Hussein.

Hang many of them. shoot a few too so that the message is clear to future generations of traitors.

52 posted on 07/25/2019 7:53:49 PM PDT by politicianslie (OPTIMIST-Glass 1/2 full- PESSIMIST 1/2 empty TO ENGINEER, Glass is twice as big as it needs to be!)
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To: southernindymom

I’m opposed to that, because that would violate the 8th amendment to the constitution:

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”


53 posted on 08/02/2019 6:15:09 PM PDT by mbj
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