美联邦政府17年来将首次执行死刑，因疫情被叫停

美国联邦政府17年的首次死刑执行突然被暂停，原因与疫情有关。这项死刑执行原定于下周一（7月13日）在印第安纳州进行。被执行死刑的罪犯是现年47岁的丹尼尔·李（Daniel Lee）。1999年，他曾因谋杀枪支经销商威廉·穆勒以及其妻子南希和8岁的女儿莎拉被判死刑，目前被关押在印第安纳州的一所监狱中。此次执行方式将采用注射式死刑。然而，印地安那州南区法院法官斯廷森裁定暂停执行死刑，原因是受害者的家庭想要参加，但正值疫情期，出行会有感染风险，因此决定推迟。目前，美国司法部已对斯廷森的裁定提出上诉。该部门表示，推迟执行死刑会打乱监狱为处死杀人犯丹尼尔-刘易斯-李所做的大量准备工作。

A federal judge in Indiana has blocked what would have been the first federal execution in 17 years, scheduled for Monday, citing coronavirus-related health concerns raised by the victims’ relatives who were selected to attend. The judge indefinitely delayed the execution. The Justice Department immediately filed an appeal Friday. Three other federal executions are scheduled in July and August at the same facility. The department also said delaying the execution would disrupt the prison’s extensive preparations to put convicted murderer Daniel Lewis Lee to death. Mr. Lee, 47 years old, had been scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1996 murders of gun dealer William Mueller, his wife, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah. Mr. Lee, a white supremacist at the time of the murders, has since said he disavows those beliefs.  source

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