The US government put to death Daniel Lewis Lee, who killed an Arkansas family in a plot to build a whites-only nation. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family
The US government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family.
Critics argued that the government was creating an unnecessary and manufactured urgency for political gain. Attorney-General William Barr has said the Justice Department has a duty to carry out the sentences imposed by the courts, including the death penalty, and to bring a sense of closure to the victims and those in the communities where the killings happened.
At their 1999 trial, prosecutors said Kehoe and Lee stole guns and $US50,000 in cash from the Muellers as part of their plan to establish a whites-only nation.
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