A self-proclaimed White supremacist who tortured and killed an Arkansas family – including an 8-year-old girl – was executed Tuesday morning in Indiana.
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital at 8:07 a.m., just hours after the Supreme Court greenlit the first federal execution to take place since 2003.
He was wheeled into the execution chamber at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., strapped to a gurney, with more than half his body covered in a light blue blanket.
IV tubes were coming through a metal panel in the walls and Lee breathed heavily before the drug was injected into his body, moving his legs and feet. He mumbled to himself briefly as his chest continued to rise and fall. At one point as the drug was being administered, he raised his head to look around. With his head cocked slightly to the left, his breathing appeared to become labored. In a few moments, Lee’s chest was no longer moving, his lips turned blue and his fingers became ashy.
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04.20.2024