[immadashell]

Peterson, 81, and other family members had filed suit on Tuesday, asking the Indianapolis court to delay the execution because they are medically vulnerable to the virus and arguing that traveling to Indiana to witness the execution would place them "at grave risk of life-threatening complications from COVID-19."

This is not a protest against the death penalty, it is a request to protect the people who want to witness the execution but don’t want to put their own lives in danger also.

[BenLurkin]

Even accepting their claim at face value it can’t 9shouldn’t) stop the execution. The killer has exhausted his appeals, and his rights are the only ones which matter.