Execution of convicted killer Daniel Lewis Lee was scheduled for Monday, but a lower court judgment on Friday suspended execution after the victim's family filed a delay complaint. coronavirus pandemic and its fear of becoming exposed by witnessing the execution.
The decision for the seventh circuit authorizes execution on Monday, for now, but the family will appeal from the 11th hour before the Supreme Court, according to their lawyer.
"The federal government has placed this family in an untenable position of choosing between their right to assist in the execution of Danny Lee and their own health and safety," lawyer Baker Kurrus said in the release.
On Sunday, in a separate case, the Bureau of Prisons announced that one of its employees had tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday at Terre Haute prison in Indiana, where the execution is expected to take place, although he insisted that their efforts to mitigate viruses were effective. and the staff member was never in the execution room.
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