Posted on 07/11/2020 8:21:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, of the Southern District of Indiana, sided with the family of Lee's victims, who had pleaded for a delay given the coronavirus pandemic.
Lee's death was expected to usher in a new era for the death penalty in the United States, and three other men convicted for murdering children were slated to be killed in the coming weeks.
Earlene Peterson -- whose daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law were tortured, killed and dumped in a lake by Lee and an accomplice -- has opposed Lee's execution, telling CNN last year that she did not want it done in her name.
Peterson, 81, and other family members had filed suit on Tuesday, asking the Indianapolis court to delay the execution because they are medically vulnerable to the virus and arguing that traveling to Indiana to witness the execution would place them "at grave risk of life-threatening complications from COVID-19."
In December, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court blocking the death sentence from being carried out last year. But an appeals court decided in April that the executions could move forward, and Barr set new dates for Lee and three other men in June. Since then, lawyers for the men have made several last-ditch efforts to delay the executions, including the lawsuit that was filed this week by the family of Lee's victims.
The three other federal inmates ordered to be executed in the days and weeks that follow are Wesley Ira Purkey for raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl; Dustin Lee Honken, for shooting and killing five people, including two young girls; and Keith Dwayne Nelson for kidnapping, raping and strangling to death a 10-year-old girl.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Most leftist judges are whacked, but this is one example were women should NEVE be chosen as judges. Okay, flame on.
Peterson, 81, and other family members had filed suit on Tuesday, asking the Indianapolis court to delay the execution because they are medically vulnerable to the virus and arguing that traveling to Indiana to witness the execution would place them “at grave risk of life-threatening complications from COVID-19.”
Easy fix,dont go
They sure couldn’t wait to execute Timothy McVeigh.
Dorkbama judge?
Clinton judge?
And I use the term ‘judge’ very very loosely.
The lawyers representing the family should be marooned on a desert island along with this scumbag judge.
Another Obama judge....what a surprise.
“slated to be killed”
I believe the term is slated to be “executed,” unless of course you’re anti death penalty, leftist reporter.
Party on Garth. Party on Wayne.
Hold up! You mean they want to hold up putting this sorry individual to death because they are concerned he might get the C-Virus and die? Do I have this right?
Executions are not done in the victim’s name they’re done in the name of the People which is why the cases are The People vs. defendant.
+1!
No, the family wants to be there when the scumbag dies, but don’t want to risk their own health.
Actually, the way I read this is that the petitioners don’t want the execution to take place at all — and the scumbag jump abetted them in accepting this tissue thin Wuhan FLu argument
Interestingly, both his case and this have ties to the terrorists at a place called “Elohim City”
The article is a bit conflicting:
“Earlene Peterson — whose daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law were tortured, killed and dumped in a lake by Lee and an accomplice — has opposed Lee’s execution, telling CNN last year that she did not want it done in her name.
Peterson, 81, and other family members had filed suit on Tuesday, asking the Indianapolis court to delay the execution because they are medically vulnerable to the virus and arguing that traveling to Indiana to witness the execution would place them ‘at grave risk of life-threatening complications from COVID-19.’”
So one family member is opposed, and it appears others want a delay...
Yes (the first one)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Magnus-Stinson
“Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson”
‘Magnus-Stinson’. There’s an indication of your problem.
Yeah, lady he isn’t being executed in your name he is being executed for his heinous actions.........as he should be and Covid be damned, what a bullshit excuse.
This is not a protest against the death penalty, it is a request to protect the people who want to witness the execution but don’t want to put their own lives in danger also.
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