A white supremacist who murdered an 8-year-old girl, her mum and step dad is set to be executed today. The first federal execution in 17 years is due to go ahead on Monday despite family of Daniel Lewis Lee's victims threatening to sue over fears attending could see them exposed to coronavirus.
Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, of the Southern District of Indiana, halted the execution on Friday but this has been overturned despite a correctional officer at USP Terre Haute, Indiana, testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.
Earlene Branch Peterson, 81, whose daughter Nancy Mueller and grandchild Sarah Powell were killed by Lee and Chevie Kehoe in 1996, is concerned attending the execution would put her at unnecessary risk.
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