Posted on 07/14/2020 10:33:17 AM PDT by KingofZion
he U.S. on Tuesday carried out its first federal execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.
The execution of Daniel Lewis Lee, over the objection of the victims relatives and following days of legal wrangling and delays, revived the debate over capital punishment during a time of widespread social unrest.
*** Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, professed his innocence just before he was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
I didnt do it," Lee said. Ive made a lot of mistakes in my life, but Im not a murderer.
His final words were: "Youre killing an innocent man.
*** Critics argued the Trump administration was creating a manufactured urgency for political gain. ***
But Attorney General William Barr said, "Lee finally faced the justice he deserved. The American people have made the considered choice to permit capital punishment for the most egregious federal crimes, and justice was done today in implementing the sentence for Lees horrific offenses.
The execution of Lee, ***, went off after a series of legal volleys that ended when the Supreme Court stepped in early Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling and allowed it to move forward.
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Kehoe, of Colville, Washington, recruited Lee in 1995 to join his white supremacist organization, known as the Aryan Peoples Republic. Two years later, they were arrested for the killings of gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Powell, in Tilly, Arkansas, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock.
At their 1999 trial, prosecutors said Kehoe and Lee stole guns and $50,000 in cash from the Muellers as part of their plan to establish a whites-only nation.
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I don’t know the evidence, but I can’t help wondering if they would have been as eager to fry him if he weren’t a White Supremacist. A Trigger for execution in the future?
Gee whiz, my Bible says that GOD has given approval for executing those WHO TAKES ANOTHER’S LIFE!!! If GOD thinks it is okay and gives HIS APPROVAL of an “ye-for-an-eye,” and that “there is a time for dying,” then it is fine with me! Who am I to challenge my LORD?? So, goodbye scum. Not only did you die as the murderer you are, but you died a liar by whining “I didn’t do it . . . “ Oh, well, tough tit said the kit, you are where you should be, in hell with all the other murderers! No, the stinking left always whines, because they lost a convicted murderer who is a dimocrat voter. All felons are dim voters. But, I like what Andrew Wilkow said on his show today on sat radio, “quit calling them the left, liberals, socialist, etc., Call them WHAT THEY ARE - - - COMMUNISTS!!!” Real communists, not little socialists. Punks responsible for OVER 100 MILLION DEATHS IN THE PAST CENTURY. But, hell, our current little group of communists THINK they can do BETTER than the past communists can. So I guess that means they can kill over 200 million this century.
All of us should have been sent to hell years ago - save for the grace of God and the sacrifice of Christ. Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8
WHAT! Pay Per View? I don’t want to have to PAY!
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Yeah, that's right. "Sister" Prejean is arguing that a district court judge outranks the Supreme Court of the United States - if it's in her Lefty interests...
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Yeah, that's right. "Sister" Prejean is arguing that a district court judge outranks the Supreme Court of the United States - if it's in her Lefty interests...
The official position of the catholic Church *is* against the death penalty...*and* abortion.So her attitude is predictable.It’s the Maoist pigs that praise the Church’s position on the death penalty and,in the same breath,make the filthiest possible comments about the Church when talking about abortion.
Tempering is a sugar coated euphemism for pure unadulterated cowardice
Politically correct cowardice is a primary reason for the shape we are in now
Federal executions happen 1300 per day , 60,000,000 since 1973. Turn away.
Good point.
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