U.S. to execute man despite victims' family and Navajo Nation pleas
- [Iraq Sun] U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reschedule the execution of Lezmond Mitchell.
- Mitchell, a Navajo, has been on Death Row following his sentencing after he was convicted of the brutal murders of a Navajo woman and her nine-year-old granddaughter.
- In October 2001, Mitchell murdered Alyce Slim, a 63-year-old grandmother, and her nine-year-old granddaughter as part of a carjacking in Arizona.
Posted by: Fred 2020-07-31 |