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For the second time this week, a man was executed by lethal injection inside a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Wesley Ira Purkey was strapped to a gurney inside the execution…

For the second time this week, a man was executed by lethal injection inside a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Wesley Ira Purkey was strapped to a gurney…

Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled for execution tonight (Wednesday, July 15, 2020) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death on Tuesday (…

Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled for execution tonight (Wednesday, July 15, 2020) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death on Tuesday (see previous post on…

The Justice Department has killed Daniel Lee, 47, marking the first federal execution since 2003, after a chaotic overnight series of divided court rulings that cleared the way for federal executions to resume for the first time in 17 years (…

The Justice Department has killed Daniel Lee, 47, marking the first federal execution since 2003, after a chaotic overnight series of divided court rulings that cleared the way for federal executions to resume for the first time in 17 years (…

The following is a statement from Ruth Friedman, attorney for Daniel Lee:

"It is important for everyone to understand exactly what happened last night to our client, Daniel Lewis Lee. At 2 AM on July 14, while the country was sleeping, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision…

The Justice Department has killed Daniel Lee, 47, marking the first federal execution since 2003, after a chaotic overnight series of divided court rulings that cleared the way for federal executions to resume for the first time in 17 years (…

Today, the United States Supreme Court decided in McGirt v. Oklahoma, No. 18-9526 (July 9, 2020), that for purposes of the Major Crimes Act, land throughout much of Eastern Oklahoma reserved for the Creek Nation since the…

In the consolidated cases Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389 (May 23, 2024), and Jackson v. United States, No. 22-6640 (May 23, 2024), opinion here, the Supreme Court held that a state drug…