THREAD: About how Native voices are silenced and tribal sovereignty overruled by tonight's federal execution of #LezmondMitchell taking place over the objections of his and his victims' tribe (#Navajo). People from diverse tribal nations are calling on 45 to commute the sentence.
“To carry out Lezmond Mitchell’s execution, despite the profound infringement on tribal sovereignty that his case represents, would be a grave injustice,” by @NavajoCouncil delegate Carl Slater via @nytimes: nytimes.com/2020/08/19/opi…
“The cultural values of Navajo Nation specifically disavow murder as punishment. No one will be made whole by Mr. Mitchell’s execution,” writes Barbara Creel, Director of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic and law professor at the University of New Mexico. medium.com/@creelesq/sche…
“The execution of Mitchell against the will of the #NavajoNation only perpetuates this country’s dreadful history of colonial violence and oppression of Indigenous peoples.” @Ruth_HHopkins @theappeal. theappeal.org/the-federal-go…
“The country should respect the wishes of the Navajo Nation and the people closest to this case and commute Mitchell’s death sentence,” writes Matthew L.M. Fletcher (@ILPCTurtleTalk) and Tamera Begay via @thealantic. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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