Convicted murderer and self-proclaimed white supremacist Jason Lee was executed in Federal prison today, Fox News reported.
From CBS: “The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest”
“The execution of Daniel Lewis Lee came over the objection of the victims’ relatives and following days of legal wrangling and delays.”
From the Bureau of Prisons: “Inmate Lee, a member of a white supremacist group, murdered a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl. After robbing and shooting the victims with a stun gun, Lee covered their heads with plastic bags, sealed the bags with duct tape, weighed down each victim with rocks, and threw the family of three into the Illinois bayou.”
“On May 4, 1999, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas found Lee guilty of numerous offenses, including three counts of murder in aid of racketeering, and he was sentenced to death.”
I can’t wait to hear all the bleeding heart liberals try and explain how the Justice Department is racist for executing this white supremacist.
The AP reported that Lee was accompanied by two Bureau of Prisons officials, a U.S. Marshall, and his spiritual advisor described as an “Appalachian pagan minister.” (Whatever that means) He was executed this morning around 8:00 am after a lengthy battle of legal chess between the justice department and Lee’s lawyers. In the end, Lee was executed for the crimes he was convicted for in 1999.
Lee claimed his innocence until his death with his last words being: “I didn’t do it. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I’m not a murderer. You’re killing an innocent man.”
Attorney General William P. Barr has issued the following statement:
“This morning, in the first federal execution in 17 years, Daniel Lewis Lee was executed by lethal injection at FCI Terre Haute in accordance with a death sentence imposed by a federal district court in 1999.”
“Lee, a member of a white supremacist organization, brutally murdered William Frederick Mueller and Nancy Ann Mueller, along with her eight-year-old daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Powell.”
“After robbing and shooting them with a stun gun, Lee duct-taped plastic bags around their heads, weighed down each victim with rocks, and drowned the family in the Illinois bayou. On May 4, 1999, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas found Lee guilty of numerous offenses, including three counts of murder in aid of racketeering, and he was sentenced to death. ”
“Today, Lee finally faced the justice he deserved. The American people have made the considered choice to permit capital punishment for the most egregious federal crimes, and justice was done today in implementing the sentence for Lee’s horrific offenses.”
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