The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal
execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an
Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the
Pacific Northwest.
The execution came over the objection of the victims' family.
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Okla., died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind.
"I didn't do it," Lee said just before he was executed. "I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I'm not a murderer.… You're killing an innocent man."
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U.S. government carries out 1st execution for federal crimes in 17 years | CBC News
The execution came over the objection of the victims' family.
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Okla., died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind.
"I didn't do it," Lee said just before he was executed. "I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I'm not a murderer.… You're killing an innocent man."
Read more at:
U.S. government carries out 1st execution for federal crimes in 17 years | CBC News
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