NAACP Statement on Resumption of Federal Executions
July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020
NEW YORK, July 15 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement on July 14 by Director of Litigation Sam Spital regarding the resumption of federal execution:
"This morning, the U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to lift a stay in the middle of the night resulted in Daniel Lewis Lee being put to death, despite the fervent objections of victims' family members. Mr. Lee was st . . .
"This morning, the U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to lift a stay in the middle of the night resulted in Daniel Lewis Lee being put to death, despite the fervent objections of victims' family members. Mr. Lee was st . . .