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Defense counsel has issued a statement about what appears to have been the illegal execution of #DanielLee. drive.google.com/file/d/1g9E242… @DPInfoCtr #deathpenalty

#DanielLee was strapped to the gurney for four hours, while the Bureau of Prisons was waiting for the go-ahead to execute him. He was executed 31 minutes after the 8th Circuit lifted the last stay, which under the law would have triggered the requirement for a new death warrant.

Multiple motions were still pending in the case. Counsel was not provided notice he was being executed. @DPInfoCtr #DanielLee #deathpenalty

From the statement by #DanielLee's defense counsel—

“It is shameful that the government saw fit to carry out this execution during a pandemic. ...

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"It is shameful that the government saw fit to carry out this execution when counsel for Danny Lee could not be present with him, and when the judges in his case and even the family of his victims urged against it. ...

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"It is beyond shameful that the government, in the end, carried out this execution in haste, in the middle of the night, while the country was sleeping. We hope that upon awakening, the country will be as outraged as we are."

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