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# federal execution

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Man executed by the US in Trump’s final days in office despite pleas for clemency

Four more federal executions are set to be carried out before Joe Biden is inaugurated next month.

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Dec 11th 2020, 9:31 AM

Daniel Lewis Lee executed by lethal injection in Indiana

Lee was convicted with another man of murdering a family in 1996.

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Jul 14th 2020, 2:41 PM