Ruling overturns last-minute order to delay execution of Daniel Lee in Indiana
The US supreme court has ruled that the first federal executions in 17 years can proceed, overturning an injunction blocking them in order to allow legal challenges to the government’s lethal-injection protocol to continue.
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US district court in Washington had on Monday ordered the justice department to delay four executions scheduled for July and August.
Continue reading…Ruling overturns last-minute order to delay execution of Daniel Lee in Indiana The US supreme court has ruled that the first federal executions in 17 years can proceed, overturning an injunction blocking them in order to allow legal challenges to the government’s lethal-injection protocol to continue.Judge Tanya Chutkan of the US district court in Washington had on Monday ordered the justice department to delay four executions scheduled for July and August. Continue reading…