U.S. appeals court says first federal execution in 17 years can proceed Monday
13 Jul 2020 / 06:45 H.
NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - The first federal execution in 17 years is set to go ahead on Monday after a U.S. appeals court overturned a lower judge's injunction, a lawyer for the victims' family said.
The execution of convicted murderer Daniel Lewis Lee had been blocked on Friday by a federal judge after some of the victims' relatives sued, saying they feared that attending could expose them to COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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